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TEXT Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin Table A-3. Selected employment indicators Table A-4. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted Table A-5. Duration of unemployment Table A-6. Reason for unemployment Table A-7. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization Table A-8. Unemployed persons by age and sex, seasonally adjusted Table A-9. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry--Continued Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls by industry Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls Table B-6. Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted Technical information: Household data: (202) 606-6378 606-6373 Establishment data: Media contact: 606-6555 606-5902 USDL 96-133 Transmission of material in this release is embargoed until 8:30 A.M. (EST), Friday, April 5, 1996. THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: MARCH 1996 Employment increased in March, and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 5.6 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 140,000 over the month, led by a gain in the services industry. Factory employment continued to decline, but part of the drop in March reflected strike-related shutdowns in automobile manufacturing. Unemployment (Household Survey Data) Both the number of unemployed persons, 7.5 million in March, and the unemployment rate, 5.6 percent, were about the same as in February. The jobless rate has remained within a narrow range (5.4 to 5.8 percent) since late 1994. Among the major worker groups, the jobless rate for blacks rose to 11.1 percent, while the rates for adult men (5.0 percent), adult women (4.8 percent), teenagers (17.5 percent), whites (4.8 percent), and Hispanics (10.0 percent), showed little or no change in March. (See tables A-1 and A-2.) The number of persons unemployed for 27 weeks or more increased to 1.3 million. This was about the same level as a year earlier. (See table A5.) Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) Total employment increased by 488,000, to 126.2 million in March. Gains since December have totaled 1.2 million. The employment-population ratio-the proportion of the population age 16 years and over that was employed-edged up to 63.1 percent over the month. (See table A-1.) The number of multiple jobholders was 7.9 million (not seasonally adjusted) in March. These workers made up 6.3 percent of the total number of employed persons. (See table A-9.) The civilian labor force rose by 637,000 in March to a seasonally adjusted level of 133.7 million. The labor force participation rate rose 0.3 percentage point to 66.9 percent, the same as a year earlier. (See table A-1.) - 2 Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted ___________________________________________________________________________ | Quarterly | Monthly data | | averages | | |_________________|__________________________|Feb.Category | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 |Mar. |_________________|__________________________|change | IV | I | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | ______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______ HOUSEHOLD DATA | Labor force status |____________________________________________________ Civilian labor force..| 132,432| 133,192| 132,903| 133,018| 133,655| 637 Employment..........| 125,096| 125,680| 125,226| 125,663| 126,151| 488 Unemployment........| 7,336| 7,512| 7,677| 7,355| 7,504| 149 Not in labor force....| 66,920| 66,584| 66,730| 66,754| 66,266| -488 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Unemployment rates |____________________________________________________ All workers...........| 5.5| 5.6| 5.8| 5.5| 5.6| 0.1 Adult men...........| 4.7| 4.9| 4.9| 4.9| 5.0| .1 Adult women.........| 4.8| 4.9| 5.1| 4.8| 4.8| .0 Teenagers...........| 17.6| 17.4| 18.2| 16.6| 17.5| .9 White...............| 4.9| 4.9| 5.0| 4.9| 4.8| -.1 Black...............| 9.9| 10.7| 10.6| 10.3| 11.1| .8 Hispanic origin.....| 9.3| 9.7| 9.2| 9.7| 10.0| .3 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ ESTABLISHMENT DATA | Employment |____________________________________________________ Nonfarm employment....| 117,190|p117,674| 117,211|p117,835|p117,975| p140 Goods-producing 1/..| 24,155| p24,189| 24,116| p24,262| p24,190| p-72 Construction......| 5,293| p5,386| 5,314| p5,428| p5,415| p-13 Manufacturing.....| 18,293| p18,232| 18,235| p18,262| p18,200| p-62 Service-producing 1/| 93,034| p93,484| 93,095| p93,573| p93,785| p212 Retail trade......| 20,956| p21,018| 20,933| p21,049| p21,071| p22 Services..........| 33,170| p33,451| 33,232| p33,495| p33,626| p131 Government........| 19,314| p19,323| 19,291| p19,327| p19,352| p25 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Hours of work 2/ |____________________________________________________ Total private.........| 34.4| p34.3| 33.8| p34.6| p34.5| p-0.1 Manufacturing.......| 41.4| p41.0| 39.9| p41.6| p41.4| p-.2 Overtime..........| 4.4| p4.3| 4.2| p4.5| p4.2| p-.3 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Earnings2/ |____________________________________________________ Avg. hourly earnings, | | | | | | total private.......| $11.59| p$11.66| $11.65| p$11.65| p$11.68| p$0.03 Avg. weekly earnings, | | | | | | total private.......| 399.19| p399.94| 393.77| p403.09| p402.96| p-.13 ______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______ 1/ Includes other industries, not shown separately. p=preliminary. 2/ Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers. N.A.= not available. - 3 Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) About 1.6 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally attached to the labor force in March, little different from the yearearlier level. These are people who wanted and were available for work but had stopped looking for jobs sometime in the prior 12 months. The number of discouraged workers--persons who had stopped looking for work specifically because they believed no jobs were available to them--was 451,000 in March, virtually unchanged from the year-earlier level. (See table A-9.) Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data) Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 140,000 in March to 118.0 million. This increase reflected continued strength within the service-producing sector. Declines occurred in goods-producing industries, in part because about 35,000 auto manufacturing workers were off payrolls for the entire survey reference period due to strike-related shutdowns. Overall, monthly job gains during the first quarter averaged 206,000, well ahead of the pace registered during the last three quarters of 1995. (See table B1.) Factory employment continued its downward trend, declining by 62,000 in March. A large part of the decline was in motor vehicles and equipment, reflecting temporary plant shutdowns that followed a strike by 3,000 auto parts manufacturing workers. The total number of workers affected by the strike was much larger, but most worked a part of the reference week and, thus, were counted as employed in the payroll survey. There was a further employment decline in the apparel industry, and electronic and electrical equipment also registered a loss. Construction employment, which rose markedly in February, had a slight drop in March, after seasonal adjustment. Hiring in construction was slower than normal for this time of the year in the West and South, following strong growth during the winter months. Mining employment rose for the second straight month, with most of the increase in oil and gas extraction. The services industry added 131,000 jobs over the month, about in line with the strong average gain of the first 2 months of this year. Job gains were widespread within this industry in March. Employment in health services rose by 30,000 over the month. Sizable over-the-month increases also occurred in amusements and recreation, hotels, motion pictures, and engineering and management services. Within business services, employment in computer services continued its strong growth trend, while the number of jobs in help supply services, which has had sporadic growth over the past year, declined by 8,000 in March. In retail trade, employment in automobile dealerships and service stations rose by 11,000; there also was a job gain in department stores, after seasonal adjustment. In contrast, employment declined by 33,000 in eating and drinking establishments, where job growth has slowed over the past year. Employment in wholesale trade increased by 15,000, mostly in the distribution of durable goods. - 4 In the finance industry, continued employment declines in banks and savings institutions partially offset job gains in mortgage banking and in security and commodity brokerages. Employment in the transportation industry increased by 12,000 in March, with trucking and local transit contributing most of the growth. Within government, local education employment rose by 21,000. Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data) The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls fell by 0.1 hour to 34.5 hours in March, seasonally adjusted. The factory workweek decreased 0.2 hour to 41.4 hours, and factory overtime was down by 0.3 hour to 4.2 hours. Both declines were largely a consequence of the strike and related auto plant shutdowns. (See table B-2.) The index of aggregate weekly hours of private production or nonsupervisory workers on nonfarm payrolls was unchanged at 134.5 (1982=100) in March. The manufacturing index fell by 0.9 percent to 104.7 as the auto manufacturing index fell by nearly 11 percent. (See table B-5.) Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data) Average hourly earnings of private production or nonsupervisory workers on nonfarm payrolls were up by 3 cents in March, after seasonal adjustment. Average weekly earnings were about unchanged. Over the year, average hourly earnings increased by 3.0 percent and average weekly earnings by 2.7 percent. (See table B-3.) _________________________ The Employment Situation for April 1996 is scheduled to be released on Friday, May 3, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT). ----------------------------------------------------------| New Seasonal Adjustment Procedures for | | Establishment-based Series | | | | BLS plans to implement improved seasonal adjustment | | procedures for the nonfarm payroll employment, hours, | | and earnings series effective with the release of annual | | benchmark revisions and May 1996 preliminary estimates on | | June 7, 1996. The new seasonal adjustment procedures | | identify and control for the effects of varying time | | intervals between surveys (also known as the 4- vs. 5-week| | effect) and are based on X-12 ARIMA software newly | | developed by the Bureau of the Census. Historical | | data series from January 1988 forward will be revised | | to incorporate the new methodology. Further information | | on this planned change is available upon request. | | (Contact Patricia Getz at 202-606-6521.) | ----------------------------------------------------------- HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age (Numbers in thousands) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | 1/ Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted | | __________________________ _____________________________________________________ Employment status, sex, and age | | | | | | | | | | Mar. | Feb. | Mar. | Mar. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | TOTAL | | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 198,007| 199,773| 199,921| 198,007| 199,355| 199,508| 199,634| 199,773| 199,921 Civilian labor force............................| 131,423| 131,995| 132,692| 132,391| 132,471| 132,352| 132,903| 133,018| 133,655 Participation rate........................| 66.4| 66.1| 66.4| 66.9| 66.4| 66.3| 66.6| 66.6| 66.9 Employed......................................| 123,943| 124,137| 124,992| 125,106| 125,062| 124,981| 125,226| 125,663| 126,151 Employment-population ratio...............| 62.6| 62.1| 62.5| 63.2| 62.7| 62.6| 62.7| 62.9| 63.1 Agriculture.................................| 3,366| 3,102| 3,243| 3,636| 3,323| 3,325| 3,529| 3,519| 3,487 Nonagricultural industries..................| 120,577| 121,035| 121,750| 121,470| 121,739| 121,656| 121,698| 122,143| 122,664 Unemployed....................................| 7,480| 7,858| 7,700| 7,285| 7,409| 7,371| 7,677| 7,355| 7,504 Unemployment rate.........................| 5.7| 6.0| 5.8| 5.5| 5.6| 5.6| 5.8| 5.5| 5.6 Not in labor force..............................| 66,584| 67,777| 67,229| 65,616| 66,884| 67,156| 66,730| 66,754| 66,266 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Men, 16 years and over | | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 94,879| 95,786| 95,864| 94,879| 95,580| 95,661| 95,713| 95,786| 95,864 Civilian labor force............................| 70,961| 71,011| 71,444| 71,581| 71,208| 71,182| 71,593| 71,743| 72,030 Participation rate........................| 74.8| 74.1| 74.5| 75.4| 74.5| 74.4| 74.8| 74.9| 75.1 Employed......................................| 66,758| 66,481| 66,961| 67,681| 67,177| 67,162| 67,501| 67,764| 67,856 Employment-population ratio...............| 70.4| 69.4| 69.9| 71.3| 70.3| 70.2| 70.5| 70.7| 70.8 Unemployed....................................| 4,204| 4,529| 4,483| 3,900| 4,031| 4,020| 4,092| 3,979| 4,174 Unemployment rate.........................| 5.9| 6.4| 6.3| 5.4| 5.7| 5.6| 5.7| 5.5| 5.8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Men, 20 years and over | | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 87,622| 88,296| 88,366| 87,622| 88,046| 88,172| 88,223| 88,296| 88,366 Civilian labor force............................| 67,312| 67,355| 67,753| 67,563| 67,171| 67,133| 67,563| 67,719| 67,980 Participation rate........................| 76.8| 76.3| 76.7| 77.1| 76.3| 76.1| 76.6| 76.7| 76.9 Employed......................................| 63,763| 63,521| 64,005| 64,367| 63,901| 63,879| 64,246| 64,425| 64,594 Employment-population ratio...............| 72.8| 71.9| 72.4| 73.5| 72.6| 72.4| 72.8| 73.0| 73.1 Agriculture.................................| 2,313| 2,160| 2,249| 2,481| 2,259| 2,252| 2,399| 2,382| 2,403 Nonagricultural industries..................| 61,450| 61,361| 61,755| 61,886| 61,642| 61,627| 61,848| 62,044| 62,191 Unemployed....................................| 3,550| 3,834| 3,749| 3,196| 3,270| 3,254| 3,317| 3,294| 3,386 Unemployment rate.........................| 5.3| 5.7| 5.5| 4.7| 4.9| 4.8| 4.9| 4.9| 5.0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Women, 16 years and over | | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 103,128| 103,986| 104,058| 103,128| 103,775| 103,847| 103,921| 103,986| 104,058 Civilian labor force............................| 60,462| 60,985| 61,248| 60,810| 61,263| 61,170| 61,310| 61,275| 61,625 Participation rate........................| 58.6| 58.6| 58.9| 59.0| 59.0| 58.9| 59.0| 58.9| 59.2 Employed......................................| 57,185| 57,656| 58,031| 57,425| 57,885| 57,819| 57,725| 57,899| 58,294 Employment-population ratio...............| 55.5| 55.4| 55.8| 55.7| 55.8| 55.7| 55.5| 55.7| 56.0 Unemployed....................................| 3,277| 3,329| 3,217| 3,385| 3,378| 3,351| 3,585| 3,376| 3,331 Unemployment rate.........................| 5.4| 5.5| 5.3| 5.6| 5.5| 5.5| 5.8| 5.5| 5.4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Women, 20 years and over | | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 96,037| 96,757| 96,798| 96,037| 96,555| 96,633| 96,717| 96,757| 96,798 Civilian labor force............................| 56,971| 57,579| 57,811| 57,028| 57,502| 57,426| 57,591| 57,570| 57,903 Participation rate........................| 59.3| 59.5| 59.7| 59.4| 59.6| 59.4| 59.5| 59.5| 59.8 Employed......................................| 54,221| 54,805| 55,109| 54,226| 54,752| 54,715| 54,642| 54,790| 55,146 Employment-population ratio...............| 56.5| 56.6| 56.9| 56.5| 56.7| 56.6| 56.5| 56.6| 57.0 Agriculture.................................| 839| 759| 807| 881| 806| 816| 857| 851| 844 Nonagricultural industries..................| 53,383| 54,046| 54,303| 53,345| 53,946| 53,899| 53,785| 53,938| 54,303 Unemployed....................................| 2,749| 2,774| 2,701| 2,802| 2,750| 2,711| 2,949| 2,780| 2,757 Unemployment rate.........................| 4.8| 4.8| 4.7| 4.9| 4.8| 4.7| 5.1| 4.8| 4.8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Both sexes, 16 to 19 years | | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population.............| 14,348| 14,719| 14,757| 14,348| 14,754| 14,703| 14,694| 14,719| 14,757 Civilian labor force............................| 7,140| 7,061| 7,128| 7,800| 7,798| 7,793| 7,749| 7,729| 7,772 Participation rate........................| 49.8| 48.0| 48.3| 54.4| 52.9| 53.0| 52.7| 52.5| 52.7 Employed......................................| 5,959| 5,811| 5,879| 6,513| 6,409| 6,387| 6,338| 6,448| 6,411 Employment-population ratio...............| 41.5| 39.5| 39.8| 45.4| 43.4| 43.4| 43.1| 43.8| 43.4 Agriculture.................................| 214| 183| 187| 274| 258| 257| 273| 286| 240 Nonagricultural industries..................| 5,744| 5,627| 5,692| 6,239| 6,151| 6,130| 6,065| 6,161| 6,171 Unemployed....................................| 1,182| 1,250| 1,250| 1,287| 1,389| 1,406| 1,412| 1,282| 1,362 Unemployment rate.........................| 16.5| 17.7| 17.5| 16.5| 17.8| 18.0| 18.2| 16.6| 17.5 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin (Numbers in thousands) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | 1/ Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Employment status, race, sex, age, and | | __________________________ _____________________________________________________ Hispanic origin | | | | | | | | | | Mar. | Feb. | Mar. | Mar. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | WHITE | | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 166,521| 167,757| 167,853| 166,521| 167,441| 167,545| 167,669| 167,757| 167,853 Civilian labor force............................| 111,250| 111,876| 112,246| 111,948| 112,023| 111,987| 112,198| 112,747| 112,970 Participation rate..........................| 66.8| 66.7| 66.9| 67.2| 66.9| 66.8| 66.9| 67.2| 67.3 Employed......................................| 105,609| 105,887| 106,495| 106,589| 106,451| 106,445| 106,576| 107,244| 107,497 Employment-population ratio.................| 63.4| 63.1| 63.4| 64.0| 63.6| 63.5| 63.6| 63.9| 64.0 Unemployed....................................| 5,641| 5,989| 5,751| 5,359| 5,572| 5,542| 5,623| 5,502| 5,473 Unemployment rate...........................| 5.1| 5.4| 5.1| 4.8| 5.0| 4.9| 5.0| 4.9| 4.8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................| Participation rate..........................| Employed......................................| Employment-population ratio.................| Unemployed....................................| Unemployment rate...........................| | | Women, 20 years and over 57,631| 77.1| 54,838| 73.4| 2,793| 4.8| | | 57,855| 76.9| 54,908| 73.0| 2,947| 5.1| | | 58,106| 77.2| 55,237| 73.4| 2,869| 4.9| | | 57,838| 77.4| 55,396| 74.1| 2,442| 4.2| | | 57,679| 76.8| 55,150| 73.4| 2,529| 4.4| | | 57,693| 76.8| 55,206| 73.5| 2,487| 4.3| | | 57,894| 77.0| 55,438| 73.7| 2,456| 4.2| | | 58,162| 77.3| 55,688| 74.0| 2,475| 4.3| | | 58,309 77.5 55,795 74.1 2,514 4.3 Civilian labor force............................| Participation rate..........................| Employed......................................| Employment-population ratio.................| Unemployed....................................| Unemployment rate...........................| | | Both sexes, 16 to 19 years 47,490| 59.0| 45,515| 56.6| 1,974| 4.2| | | 47,922| 59.3| 45,846| 56.7| 2,076| 4.3| | | 48,056| 59.4| 46,095| 57.0| 1,961| 4.1| | | 47,528| 59.1| 45,524| 56.6| 2,004| 4.2| | | 47,832| 59.2| 45,796| 56.7| 2,036| 4.3| | | 47,772| 59.1| 45,722| 56.6| 2,050| 4.3| | | 47,727| 59.0| 45,604| 56.4| 2,123| 4.4| | | 47,968| 59.3| 45,892| 56.8| 2,076| 4.3| | | 48,136 59.5 46,141 57.0 1,995 4.1 Civilian labor force............................| Participation rate..........................| Employed......................................| Employment-population ratio.................| Unemployed....................................| Unemployment rate...........................| Men.......................................| Women.....................................| | | BLACK | Civilian noninstitutional population..............| Civilian labor force............................| Participation rate..........................| Employed......................................| Employment-population ratio.................| Unemployed....................................| Unemployment rate...........................| | | Men, 20 years and over 6,129| 53.8| 5,255| 46.2| 874| 14.3| 15.9| 12.5| | | 6,098| 52.3| 5,133| 44.0| 965| 15.8| 17.2| 14.3| | | 6,084| 52.0| 5,163| 44.2| 921| 15.1| 17.0| 13.1| | | 6,582| 57.8| 5,669| 49.8| 913| 13.9| 15.0| 12.7| | | 6,512| 56.3| 5,505| 47.6| 1,007| 15.5| 16.4| 14.5| | | 6,522| 56.2| 5,517| 47.5| 1,005| 15.4| 16.0| 14.7| | | 6,577| 56.6| 5,533| 47.6| 1,044| 15.9| 16.6| 15.1| | | 6,616| 56.8| 5,665| 48.6| 951| 14.4| 15.2| 13.4| | | 6,525 55.8 5,561 47.6 964 14.8 16.0 13.4 | 23,142| 14,660| 63.3| 13,219| 57.1| 1,440| 9.8| | | | 23,455| 14,632| 62.4| 13,116| 55.9| 1,516| 10.4| | | | 23,485| 14,899| 63.4| 13,282| 56.6| 1,617| 10.9| | | | 23,142| 14,798| 63.9| 13,310| 57.5| 1,488| 10.1| | | | 23,389| 15,006| 64.2| 13,558| 58.0| 1,448| 9.6| | | | 23,419| 14,959| 63.9| 13,436| 57.4| 1,523| 10.2| | | | 23,424| 14,993| 64.0| 13,409| 57.2| 1,584| 10.6| | | | 23,455| 14,827| 63.2| 13,302| 56.7| 1,525| 10.3| | | Civilian labor force............................| Participation rate..........................| Employed......................................| Employment-population ratio.................| Unemployed....................................| Unemployment rate...........................| | | Women, 20 years and over 6,800| 73.5| 6,234| 67.3| 566| 8.3| | | 6,713| 71.7| 5,992| 64.0| 721| 10.7| | | 6,785| 72.3| 6,049| 64.5| 735| 10.8| | | 6,806| 73.5| 6,244| 67.5| 562| 8.3| | | 6,664| 71.8| 6,108| 65.8| 556| 8.3| | | 6,683| 71.5| 6,062| 64.9| 621| 9.3| | | 6,748| 72.2| 6,141| 65.7| 607| 9.0| | | 6,775| 72.3| 6,089| 65.0| 686| 10.1| | | 6,790 72.4 6,049 64.5 741 10.9 Civilian labor force............................| Participation rate..........................| Employed......................................| Employment-population ratio.................| Unemployed....................................| Unemployment rate...........................| | | Both sexes, 16 to 19 years 7,115| 61.2| 6,488| 55.8| 627| 8.8| | | 7,181| 61.0| 6,616| 56.2| 565| 7.9| | | 7,288| 61.8| 6,680| 56.7| 608| 8.3| | | 7,122| 61.2| 6,484| 55.7| 638| 9.0| | | 7,366| 62.7| 6,789| 57.8| 577| 7.8| | | 7,317| 62.2| 6,751| 57.4| 566| 7.7| | | 7,343| 62.4| 6,678| 56.8| 665| 9.1| | | 7,193| 61.1| 6,630| 56.3| 563| 7.8| | | 7,287 61.8 6,674 56.6 613 8.4 23,485 15,030 64.0 13,358 56.9 1,673 11.1 Civilian labor force............................| 744| 738| 827| 870| 976| 959| 902| 860| 954 Participation rate..........................| 33.1| 31.9| 35.6| 38.7| 41.2| 41.4| 39.1| 37.2| 41.1 Employed......................................| 497| 507| 553| 582| 661| 623| 590| 583| 635 Employment-population ratio.................| 22.1| 21.9| 23.8| 25.9| 27.9| 26.9| 25.6| 25.2| 27.4 Unemployed....................................| 247| 230| 274| 288| 315| 336| 312| 276| 319 Unemployment rate...........................| 33.2| 31.2| 33.1| 33.1| 32.3| 35.0| 34.6| 32.1| 33.5 Men.......................................| 33.5| 31.0| 38.0| 33.9| 33.7| 39.0| 39.1| 30.6| 38.2 Women.....................................| 32.9| 31.4| 28.2| 32.4| 30.8| 31.4| 30.4| 33.6| 28.4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | HISPANIC ORIGIN | | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 18,458| 18,977| 19,025| 18,458| 18,845| 18,889| 18,929| 18,977| 19,025 Civilian labor force............................| 12,067| 12,503| 12,524| 12,099| 12,374| 12,391| 12,655| 12,666| 12,571 Participation rate..........................| 65.4| 65.9| 65.8| 65.6| 65.7| 65.6| 66.9| 66.7| 66.1 Employed......................................| 10,925| 11,203| 11,229| 10,990| 11,227| 11,237| 11,493| 11,432| 11,308 Employment-population ratio.................| 59.2| 59.0| 59.0| 59.5| 59.6| 59.5| 60.7| 60.2| 59.4 Unemployed....................................| 1,143| 1,299| 1,295| 1,109| 1,147| 1,154| 1,162| 1,234| 1,262 Unemployment rate...........................| 9.5| 10.4| 10.3| 9.2| 9.3| 9.3| 9.2| 9.7| 10.0 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. NOTE: Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races" group are not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups. Table A-3. Selected employment indicators (In thousands) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted | | __________________________ _____________________________________________________ Category | | | | | | | | | | Mar. | Feb. | Mar. | Mar. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CHARACTERISTIC | | | | | | | | | Total employed, 16 years and over.................|123,943 |124,137 |124,992 |125,106 |125,062 |124,981 |125,226 |125,663 |126,151 Married men, spouse present.....................| 41,879 | 41,958 | 42,051 | 42,025 | 42,081 | 42,058 | 42,171 | 42,339 | 42,178 Married women, spouse present...................| 32,232 | 32,197 | 32,277 | 31,999 | 32,153 | 32,072 | 32,078 | 32,101 | 32,053 Women who maintain families.....................| 7,163 | 7,310 | 7,457 | 7,113 | 7,274 | 7,304 | 7,294 | 7,295 | 7,397 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | OCCUPATION | | | | | | | | | Managerial and professional specialty...........| 34,985 | 35,957 | 36,186 | 34,949 | 35,730 | 35,712 | 35,682 | 35,866 | 36,149 Technical, sales, and administrative support....| 37,259 | 37,141 | 37,631 | 37,412 | 37,291 | 36,999 | 37,057 | 37,328 | 37,782 Service occupations.............................| 17,048 | 16,744 | 16,831 | 16,944 | 16,947 | 16,964 | 16,755 | 16,727 | 16,714 Precision production, craft, and repair.........| 13,382 | 13,331 | 13,277 | 13,767 | 13,344 | 13,445 | 13,615 | 13,786 | 13,618 Operators, fabricators, and laborers............| 17,901 | 17,763 | 17,804 | 18,164 | 18,213 | 18,264 | 18,257 | 18,147 | 18,058 Farming, forestry, and fishing..................| 3,368 | 3,201 | 3,263 | 3,757 | 3,590 | 3,599 | 3,760 | 3,744 | 3,622 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CLASS OF WORKER | | | | | | | | | Agriculture: | | | | | | | | | Wage and salary workers.......................| 1,762 | 1,655 | 1,719 | 1,917 | 1,750 | 1,755 | 1,964 | 1,954 | 1,859 Self-employed workers.........................| 1,553 | 1,418 | 1,484 | 1,648 | 1,514 | 1,521 | 1,547 | 1,531 | 1,572 Unpaid family workers.........................| 50 | 30 | 40 | 52 | 34 | 46 | 48 | 34 | 41 Nonagricultural industries: | | | | | | | | | Wage and salary workers.......................|111,666 |112,062 |112,648 |112,448 |112,722 |112,618 |112,568 |113,165 |113,461 Government..................................| 18,928 | 18,369 | 18,419 | 18,531 | 18,288 | 18,237 | 18,044 | 18,259 | 18,005 Private industries..........................| 92,738 | 93,693 | 94,229 | 93,917 | 94,434 | 94,381 | 94,524 | 94,906 | 95,456 Private households........................| 1,017 | 874 | 917 | 1,001 | 980 | 975 | 931 | 873 | 901 Other industries..........................| 91,721 | 92,819 | 93,312 | 92,916 | 93,454 | 93,406 | 93,593 | 94,032 | 94,555 Self-employed workers.........................| 8,777 | 8,863 | 8,992 | 8,873 | 8,853 | 8,877 | 8,913 | 8,953 | 9,092 Unpaid family workers.........................| 135 | 110 | 109 | 125 | 105 | 106 | 85 | 116 | 102 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME | | | | | | | | | All industries: | | | | | | | | | Part time for economic reasons................| 4,566 | 4,597 | 4,569 | 4,490 | 4,435 | 4,447 | 4,091 | 4,502 | 4,479 Slack work or business conditions...........| 2,478 | 2,766 | 2,630 | 2,406 | 2,526 | 2,537 | 2,250 | 2,533 | 2,548 Could only find part-time work..............| 1,862 | 1,542 | 1,626 | 1,850 | 1,648 | 1,615 | 1,509 | 1,621 | 1,596 Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 18,403 | 18,386 | 18,524 | 17,777 | 17,452 | 17,405 | 17,198 | 17,493 | 17,915 | | | | | | | | | Nonagricultural industries: | | | | | | | | | Part time for economic reasons................| 4,417 | 4,351 | 4,358 | 4,292 | 4,283 | 4,306 | 3,842 | 4,274 | 4,223 Slack work or business conditions...........| 2,373 | 2,595 | 2,491 | 2,277 | 2,419 | 2,440 | 2,114 | 2,382 | 2,386 Could only find part-time work..............| 1,831 | 1,530 | 1,608 | 1,797 | 1,622 | 1,583 | 1,472 | 1,607 | 1,561 Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 17,739 | 17,846 | 17,870 | 17,114 | 16,852 | 16,804 | 16,520 | 16,884 | 17,266 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ NOTE: Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week for reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial dispute. Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad weather. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-4. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Number of | | unemployed persons | Unemployment rates1/ | (in thousands) | Category | | __________________________ _____________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | Mar. | Feb. | Mar. | Mar. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CHARACTERISTIC | | | | | | | | | Total, 16 years and over.........................| 7,285 | 7,355 | 7,504| 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.6 Men, 20 years and over.........................| 3,196 | 3,294 | 3,386| 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.0 Women, 20 years and over.......................| 2,802 | 2,780 | 2,757| 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 4.8 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................| 1,287 | 1,282 | 1,362| 16.5 | 17.8 | 18.0 | 18.2 | 16.6 | 17.5 | | | | | | | | | Married men, spouse present....................| 1,395 | 1,306 | 1,361| 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.1 Married women, spouse present..................| 1,289 | 1,268 | 1,165| 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.5 Women who maintain families....................| 611 | 594 | 615| 7.9 | 7.7 | 6.8 | 8.2 | 7.5 | 7.7 | | | | | | | | | Full-time workers..............................| 5,834 | 5,853 | 6,014| 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 5.5 Part-time workers..............................| 1,465 | 1,516 | 1,499| 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 6.0 | | | | | | | | | 2/ | | | | | | | | | OCCUPATION | | | | | | | | | Managerial and professional specialty..........| 890 | 834 | 869| 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.3 Technical, sales, and administrative support...| 1,726 | 1,763 | 1,739| 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........| 808 | 858 | 843| 5.5 | 6.5 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 5.8 Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........| 1,525 | 1,631 | 1,693| 7.7 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.6 Farming, forestry, and fishing.................| 327 | 314 | 309| 8.0 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 8.4 | 7.7 | 7.9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | INDUSTRY | | | | | | | | | Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers| 5,568 | 5,701 | 5,855| 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.8 Goods-producing industries...................| 1,706 | 1,819 | 1,843| 6.1 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 6.5 Mining.....................................| 37 | 40 | 40| 5.5 | 7.0 | 8.1 | 5.2 | 6.5 | 6.8 Construction...............................| 713 | 750 | 683| 10.9 | 12.0 | 11.5 | 10.7 | 11.2 | 10.0 Manufacturing..............................| 956 | 1,029 | 1,120| 4.6 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.3 Durable goods............................| 514 | 652 | 638| 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 5.3 | 5.1 Nondurable goods.........................| 442 | 377 | 482| 5.0 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 4.4 | 5.7 Service-producing industries.................| 3,862 | 3,882 | 4,011| 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.5 Transportation and public utilities........| 319 | 272 | 293| 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.2 Wholesale and retail trade.................| 1,640 | 1,634 | 1,782| 6.4 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 6.9 Finance, insurance, and real estate........| 247 | 164 | 189| 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 2.5 Services...................................| 1,656 | 1,812 | 1,747| 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.4 Government workers.............................| 555 | 564 | 515| 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 2.8 Agricultural wage and salary workers...........| 220 | 235 | 223| 10.3 | 12.0 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 10.7 | 10.7 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force. 2/ Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not available because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision. Table A-5. Duration of unemployment (Numbers in thousands) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted | | __________________________ _____________________________________________________ Duration | | | | | | | | | | Mar. | Feb. | Mar. | Mar. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED | | | | | | | | | Less than 5 weeks................................| 2,278 | 2,578 | 2,303 | 2,586 | 2,767 | 2,717 | 2,784 | 2,793 | 2,623 5 to 14 weeks....................................| 2,569 | 2,796 | 2,578 | 2,295 | 2,383 | 2,431 | 2,413 | 2,280 | 2,298 15 weeks and over................................| 2,633 | 2,485 | 2,819 | 2,309 | 2,305 | 2,322 | 2,370 | 2,307 | 2,479 15 to 26 weeks................................| 1,199 | 1,237 | 1,398 | 977 | 1,057 | 1,085 | 1,118 | 1,126 | 1,164 27 weeks and over.............................| 1,434 | 1,247 | 1,421 | 1,332 | 1,248 | 1,237 | 1,252 | 1,181 | 1,316 | | | | | | | | | Average (mean) duration, in weeks................| 18.2 | 16.3 | 18.2 | 17.3 | 16.3 | 16.2 | 16.0 | 16.6 | 17.3 Median duration, in weeks........................| 9.8 | 8.3 | 9.8 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 8.3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | PERCENT DISTRIBUTION | | | | | | | | | Total unemployed.................................| 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 Less than 5 weeks..............................| 30.5 | 32.8 | 29.9 | 36.0 | 37.1 | 36.4 | 36.8 | 37.8 | 35.4 5 to 14 weeks..................................| 34.3 | 35.6 | 33.5 | 31.9 | 32.0 | 32.5 | 31.9 | 30.9 | 31.1 15 weeks and over..............................| 35.2 | 31.6 | 36.6 | 32.1 | 30.9 | 31.1 | 31.3 | 31.3 | 33.5 15 to 26 weeks...............................| 16.0 | 15.7 | 18.2 | 13.6 | 14.2 | 14.5 | 14.8 | 15.3 | 15.7 27 weeks and over............................| 19.2 | 15.9 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 16.7 | 16.6 | 16.5 | 16.0 | 17.8 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-6. Reason for unemployment (Numbers in thousands) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted | | _______________________ _______________________________________________ Reason | | | | | | | | | | Mar. | Feb. | Mar. | Mar. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED | | | | | | | | | Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs........| 3,718| 4,099| 3,849| 3,420| 3,485| 3,484| 3,606| 3,595| 3,564 On temporary layoff......................................| 1,267| 1,458| 1,266| 1,027| 1,049| 1,012| 1,132| 1,032| 1,027 Not on temporary layoff..................................| 2,451| 2,641| 2,583| 2,393| 2,436| 2,472| 2,474| 2,564| 2,537 Permanent job losers...................................| 1,765| 1,883| 1,925| (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) Persons who completed temporary jobs...................| 686| 758| 658| (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) Job leavers................................................| 819| 776| 806| 796| 857| 881| 869| 747| 782 Reentrants.................................................| 2,435| 2,465| 2,534| 2,477| 2,504| 2,466| 2,458| 2,517| 2,588 New entrants...............................................| 509| 519| 511| 595| 585| 603| 641| 613| 591 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | PERCENT DISTRIBUTION | | | | | | | | | Total unemployed...........................................| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.......| 49.7| 52.2| 50.0| 46.9| 46.9| 46.9| 47.6| 48.1| 47.4 On temporary layoff.....................................| 16.9| 18.6| 16.4| 14.1| 14.1| 13.6| 14.9| 13.8| 13.6 Not on temporary layoff.................................| 32.8| 33.6| 33.6| 32.8| 32.8| 33.3| 32.7| 34.3| 33.7 Job leavers...............................................| 10.9| 9.9| 10.5| 10.9| 11.5| 11.9| 11.5| 10.0| 10.4 Reentrants................................................| 32.6| 31.4| 32.9| 34.0| 33.7| 33.2| 32.5| 33.7| 34.4 New entrants..............................................| 6.8| 6.6| 6.6| 8.2| 7.9| 8.1| 8.5| 8.2| 7.9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE | | | | | | | | | CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE | | | | | | | | | Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.......| 2.8| 3.1| 2.9| 2.6| 2.6| 2.6| 2.7| 2.7| 2.7 Job leavers...............................................| .6| .6| .6| .6| .6| .7| .7| .6| .6 Reentrants................................................| 1.9| 1.9| 1.9| 1.9| 1.9| 1.9| 1.8| 1.9| 1.9 New entrants..............................................| .4| .4| .4| .4| .4| .5| .5| .5| .4 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Not available. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-7. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization (Percent) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | Not seasonally Seasonally adjusted Measure | | adjusted ____________________ _________________________________________ | Mar. | Feb. | Mar. | Mar. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | | | | | | | | | _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, | | | | | | | | | as a percent of the civilian labor force.............................| 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.9 | | | | | | | | | U-2 Job losers and persons who completed | | | | | | | | | temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian | | | | | | | | | labor force..........................................................| 2.8 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official unemployment rate)....................| 5.7 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.6 | | | | | | | | | U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged | | | | | | | | | workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force | | | | | | | | | plus discouraged workers.............................................| 6.0 | 6.3 | 6.1 | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | | | | | | | | | U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, | | | | | | | | | plus all other marginally attached workers, as a percent | | | | | | | | | of the civilian labor force plus all marginally | | | | | | | | | attached workers.....................................................| 6.9 | 7.2 | 6.9 | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | | | | | | | | | U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached | | | | | | | | | workers, plus total employed part time for economic | | | | | | | | | reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force | | | | | | | | | plus all marginally attached workers.................................| 10.3 | 10.7 | 10.3 | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | | | | | | | | | _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Not available. NOTE: This range of alternative measures of labor underutilization replaces the U1-U7 range published in table A-7 of this release prior to 1994. Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for a job. Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to settle for a part-time schedule. For further information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment measures," in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor Review. Table A-8. Unemployed persons by age and sex, seasonally adjusted ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Number of | | unemployed persons | Unemployment rates1/ | (in thousands) | Age and sex | | __________________________ _____________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | Mar. | Feb. | Mar. | Mar. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | Total, 16 years and over..........................| 7,285 | 7,355 | 7,504 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.6 16 to 24 years..................................| 2,575 | 2,616 | 2,659 | 11.8 | 12.1 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 12.4 | 12.4 16 to 19 years................................| 1,287 | 1,282 | 1,362 | 16.5 | 17.8 | 18.0 | 18.2 | 16.6 | 17.5 16 to 17 years..............................| 642 | 642 | 637 | 19.8 | 20.1 | 20.9 | 20.5 | 20.0 | 19.4 18 to 19 years..............................| 645 | 645 | 722 | 14.2 | 16.1 | 16.1 | 16.9 | 14.3 | 16.1 20 to 24 years................................| 1,288 | 1,334 | 1,298 | 9.2 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 10.0 | 9.9 | 9.5 25 years and over...............................| 4,734 | 4,762 | 4,865 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 25 to 54 years................................| 4,153 | 4,212 | 4,233 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 55 years and over.............................| 566 | 573 | 611 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.8 | | | | | | | | | Men, 16 years and over..........................| 3,900 | 3,979 | 4,174 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.8 16 to 24 years................................| 1,369 | 1,464 | 1,508 | 11.9 | 12.8 | 13.0 | 12.9 | 13.1 | 13.4 16 to 19 years..............................| 704 | 685 | 787 | 17.5 | 18.9 | 18.9 | 19.2 | 17.0 | 19.4 16 to 17 years............................| 340 | 363 | 362 | 20.5 | 21.7 | 21.7 | 22.3 | 21.7 | 21.4 18 to 19 years............................| 363 | 328 | 426 | 15.4 | 17.0 | 16.9 | 17.4 | 13.9 | 18.0 20 to 24 years..............................| 665 | 779 | 720 | 8.9 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 9.3 | 10.9 | 10.0 25 years and over.............................| 2,524 | 2,544 | 2,661 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.4 25 to 54 years..............................| 2,191 | 2,259 | 2,330 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 55 years and over...........................| 322 | 305 | 315 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | | | | | | | | | Women, 16 years and over........................| 3,385 | 3,376 | 3,331 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.4 16 to 24 years................................| 1,206 | 1,152 | 1,152 | 11.8 | 11.4 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 11.5 | 11.4 16 to 19 years..............................| 583 | 597 | 574 | 15.4 | 16.7 | 17.1 | 17.1 | 16.1 | 15.4 16 to 17 years............................| 302 | 279 | 275 | 19.2 | 18.5 | 20.1 | 18.7 | 18.1 | 17.3 18 to 19 years............................| 282 | 317 | 296 | 12.8 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 16.2 | 14.7 | 14.0 20 to 24 years..............................| 623 | 555 | 577 | 9.6 | 8.2 | 8.8 | 10.8 | 8.8 | 9.1 25 years and over.............................| 2,210 | 2,219 | 2,205 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 25 to 54 years..............................| 1,962 | 1,953 | 1,903 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.3 55 years and over...........................| 244 | 268 | 296 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.2 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-9. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted (In thousands) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Category | Total | Men | Women ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ | Mar. | Mar. | Mar. | Mar. | Mar. | Mar. | 1995 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE | | | | | | | | | | | | Total not in the labor force..........................................| 66,584 | 67,229 | 23,918 | 24,419 | 42,666 | 42,810 Persons who currently want a job.....................................| 5,715 | 5,400 | 2,362 | 2,233 | 3,352 | 3,167 Searched for work and available to work now1/.......................| 1,732 | 1,584 | 821 | 752 | 911 | 832 Reason not currently looking: | | | | | | Discouragement over job prospects2/..............................| 454 | 451 | 245 | 261 | 209 | 190 Reasons other than discouragement3/..............................| 1,278 | 1,132 | 576 | 491 | 702 | 641 | | | | | | | | | | | | MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS | | | | | | Total multiple jobholders4/...........................................| 7,610 | 7,905 | 3,999 | 4,117 | 3,611 | 3,788 Percent of total employed.........................................| 6.1 | 6.3 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 6.3 | 6.5 | | | | | | Primary job full time, secondary job part time.......................| 4,405 | 4,687 | 2,577 | 2,724 | 1,828 | 1,963 Primary and secondary jobs both part time............................| 1,767 | 1,751 | 516 | 505 | 1,251 | 1,246 Primary and secondary jobs both full time............................| 234 | 214 | 175 | 160 | 59 | 54 Hours vary on primary or secondary job...............................| 1,161 | 1,213 | 709 | 702 | 452 | 511 | | | | | | __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the reference week. 2/ Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of discrimination. 3/ Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as child-care and transportation problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined. 4/ Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry (In thousands) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted | | _______________________________ _______________________________________________ Industry | | | | | | | | | | | Mar. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Mar. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | 1995 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ | | | | | | | | | | ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | Total..............................|115,307|115,417|116,376|117,052|116,302|117,212|117,357|117,211|117,835|117,975 | | | | | | | | | | Total private.........................| 95,664| 96,182| 96,741| 97,301| 97,054| 97,912| 98,029| 97,920| 98,508| 98,623 | | | | | | | | | | Goods_producing...............................| 23,803| 23,528| 23,591| 23,647| 24,370| 24,134| 24,173| 24,116| 24,262| 24,190 | | | | | | | | | | Mining......................................| 575| 557| 557| 560| 589| 567| 569| 567| 572| 575 Metal mining..............................| 50.3| 50.8| 50.5| 50.9| 51| 51| 51| 51| 51| 52 Coal mining...............................| 108.5| 102.6| 103.1| 102.9| (1)| (1)| (1)| (1)| (1)| (1) Oil and gas extraction....................| 315.3| 306.0| 304.7| 304.7| 323| 306| 308| 307| 310| 312 Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels........| 100.7| 97.2| 98.6| 101.7| 106| 105| 106| 106| 107| 107 | | | | | | | | | | Construction................................| 4,823| 4,852| 4,884| 4,983| 5,256| 5,295| 5,297| 5,314| 5,428| 5,415 General building contractors..............|1,177.8|1,170.1|1,165.7|1,174.0| 1,258| 1,234| 1,233| 1,234| 1,251| 1,246 Heavy construction, except building.......| 650.9| 606.1| 624.3| 664.4| 747| 739| 736| 729| 755| 762 Special trade contractors.................|2,994.4|3,076.2|3,093.8|3,144.2| 3,251| 3,322| 3,328| 3,351| 3,422| 3,407 | | | | | | | | | | Manufacturing...............................| 18,405| 18,119| 18,150| 18,104| 18,525| 18,272| 18,307| 18,235| 18,262| 18,200 Production workers......................| 12,736| 12,484| 12,514| 12,477| 12,832| 12,616| 12,650| 12,580| 12,606| 12,545 | | | | | | | | | | Durable goods..............................| 10,591| 10,535| 10,556| 10,523| 10,633| 10,553| 10,607| 10,581| 10,602| 10,555 Production workers......................| 7,265| 7,203| 7,222| 7,197| 7,297| 7,211| 7,267| 7,237| 7,255| 7,214 Lumber and wood products..................| 751.6| 734.4| 734.5| 733.1| 767| 753| 756| 749| 746| 744 Furniture and fixtures....................| 506.9| 493.8| 492.3| 491.5| 509| 495| 497| 494| 493| 492 Stone, clay, and glass products...........| 532.3| 514.6| 518.9| 526.5| 547| 539| 537| 534| 539| 540 Primary metal industries..................| 716.0| 714.8| 712.9| 710.1| 718| 714| 714| 715| 714| 712 Blast furnaces and basic steel products.| 239.4| 238.0| 236.8| 235.6| 240| 239| 239| 238| 238| 237 Fabricated metal products.................|1,433.0|1,436.3|1,436.5|1,436.2| 1,439| 1,433| 1,438| 1,441| 1,442| 1,439 Industrial machinery and equipment........|2,033.5|2,066.4|2,067.4|2,069.9| 2,029| 2,061| 2,067| 2,066| 2,065| 2,066 Computer and office equipment...........| 336.1| 344.5| 343.5| 344.2| 336| 344| 345| 345| 344| 346 Electronic and other electrical equipment.|1,610.8|1,642.9|1,647.7|1,640.6| 1,614| 1,637| 1,643| 1,645| 1,651| 1,644 Electronic components and accessories...| 567.4| 607.5| 612.2| 607.9| 569| 599| 604| 608| 613| 609 Transportation equipment..................|1,766.6|1,707.8|1,718.5|1,685.6| 1,767| 1,691| 1,724| 1,706| 1,720| 1,686 Motor vehicles and equipment............| 936.0| 911.9| 921.8| 887.9| 937| 920| 927| 919| 921| 888 Aircraft and parts......................| 455.1| 439.4| 439.1| 440.0| 455| 409| 437| 439| 440| 440 Instruments and related products..........| 847.1| 837.4| 837.6| 838.5| 847| 836| 837| 838| 838| 839 Miscellaneous manufacturing...............| 392.8| 386.6| 389.4| 390.8| 396| 394| 394| 393| 394| 393 | | | | | | | | | | Nondurable goods...........................| 7,814| 7,584| 7,594| 7,581| 7,892| 7,719| 7,700| 7,654| 7,660| 7,645 Production workers......................| 5,471| 5,281| 5,292| 5,280| 5,535| 5,405| 5,383| 5,343| 5,351| 5,331 Food and kindred products.................|1,639.3|1,629.4|1,630.6|1,627.0| 1,690| 1,679| 1,681| 1,671| 1,676| 1,676 Tobacco products..........................| 37.9| 40.3| 39.7| 37.7| 39| 38| 38| 38| 39| 39 Textile mill products.....................| 666.6| 626.8| 631.3| 630.0| 670| 643| 638| 631| 634| 632 Apparel and other textile products........| 941.3| 843.1| 852.8| 843.9| 946| 877| 868| 854| 858| 846 Paper and allied products.................| 687.2| 677.9| 675.1| 672.9| 691| 682| 682| 681| 678| 677 Printing and publishing...................|1,559.7|1,544.0|1,541.8|1,544.5| 1,561| 1,552| 1,550| 1,544| 1,543| 1,545 Chemicals and allied products.............|1,048.3|1,031.7|1,031.9|1,032.9| 1,053| 1,039| 1,035| 1,036| 1,035| 1,036 Petroleum and coal products...............| 144.0| 135.0| 133.9| 134.0| 148| 139| 139| 139| 138| 137 Rubber and misc. plastics products........| 978.6| 955.7| 956.7| 957.0| 982| 966| 966| 959| 958| 956 Leather and leather products..............| 110.9| 100.2| 100.5| 100.6| 112| 104| 103| 101| 101| 101 | | | | | | | | | | Service_producing.............................| 91,504| 91,889| 92,785| 93,405| 91,932| 93,078| 93,184| 93,095| 93,573| 93,785 | | | | | | | | | | Transportation and public utilities.........| 6,109| 6,170| 6,178| 6,199| 6,175| 6,240| 6,231| 6,231| 6,246| 6,256 Transportation............................| 3,862| 3,920| 3,933| 3,955| 3,914| 3,973| 3,968| 3,969| 3,988| 4,000 Railroad transportation.................| 238.4| 230.4| 232.4| 233.9| 242| 236| 237| 235| 236| 237 Local and interurban passenger transit..| 446.5| 477.7| 485.5| 491.4| 433| 462| 466| 467| 473| 478 Trucking and warehousing................|1,826.1|1,838.8|1,840.0|1,851.7| 1,877| 1,895| 1,883| 1,882| 1,891| 1,899 Water transportation....................| 158.6| 146.1| 145.1| 145.0| 164| 157| 154| 153| 151| 149 Transportation by air...................| 755.2| 787.0| 788.6| 791.1| 760| 780| 786| 789| 793| 795 Pipelines, except natural gas...........| 16.7| 15.6| 15.5| 15.5| 17| 16| 16| 16| 16| 16 Transportation services.................| 420.1| 424.7| 425.9| 426.8| 421| 427| 426| 427| 428| 426 Communications and public utilities.......| 2,247| 2,250| 2,245| 2,244| 2,261| 2,267| 2,263| 2,262| 2,258| 2,256 Communications..........................|1,342.5|1,360.8|1,360.1|1,361.1| 1,351| 1,367| 1,363| 1,368| 1,367| 1,368 Electric, gas, and sanitary services....| 904.5| 889.1| 885.1| 882.9| 910| 900| 900| 894| 891| 888 | | | | | | | | | | Wholesale trade.............................| 6,243| 6,350| 6,362| 6,395| 6,287| 6,373| 6,395| 6,401| 6,421| 6,436 Durable goods.............................| 3,628| 3,711| 3,721| 3,742| 3,643| 3,708| 3,720| 3,730| 3,743| 3,753 Nondurable goods..........................| 2,615| 2,639| 2,641| 2,653| 2,644| 2,665| 2,675| 2,671| 2,678| 2,683 | | | | | | | | | | _______________________________________________________________________________ See footnotes at end of table. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry--Continued (In thousands) -Continued ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted | | _______________________________ _______________________________________________ Industry | | | | | | | | | | | Mar. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Mar. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | 1995 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ | | | | | | | | | | ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Retail trade................................| 20,300| 20,613| 20,551| 20,634| 20,760| 20,989| 20,981| 20,933| 21,049| 21,071 Building materials and garden supplies....| 818.7| 823.4| 817.6| 836.9| 849| 860| 865| 869| 863| 867 General merchandise stores................|2,423.4|2,554.4|2,451.5|2,443.8| 2,530| 2,553| 2,517| 2,499| 2,525| 2,548 Department stores.......................|2,114.2|2,243.2|2,154.5|2,146.6| 2,207| 2,239| 2,207| 2,193| 2,217| 2,241 Food stores...............................|3,288.5|3,378.2|3,360.2|3,359.9| 3,332| 3,394| 3,400| 3,395| 3,398| 3,404 Automotive dealers and service stations...|2,177.7|2,225.2|2,235.9|2,255.4| 2,202| 2,237| 2,250| 2,255| 2,265| 2,276 New and used car dealers................| 993.2|1,014.5|1,021.0|1,030.1| 998| 1,013| 1,018| 1,021| 1,026| 1,034 Apparel and accessory stores..............|1,074.6|1,080.9|1,039.3|1,038.8| 1,110| 1,086| 1,071| 1,073| 1,070| 1,072 Furniture and home furnishings stores.....| 935.0| 983.2| 979.7| 981.8| 943| 966| 967| 975| 984| 989 Eating and drinking places................|7,033.1|6,943.3|7,054.2|7,131.8| 7,191| 7,262| 7,279| 7,248| 7,310| 7,277 Miscellaneous retail establishments.......|2,548.7|2,624.5|2,612.9|2,585.2| 2,603| 2,631| 2,632| 2,619| 2,634| 2,638 | | | | | | | | | | Finance, insurance, and real estate.........| 6,890| 6,946| 6,969| 7,003| 6,938| 6,991| 7,001| 7,007| 7,035| 7,044 Finance...................................| 3,304| 3,343| 3,354| 3,366| 3,313| 3,337| 3,342| 3,354| 3,366| 3,371 Depository institutions.................|2,058.0|2,046.4|2,042.4|2,042.3| 2,066| 2,051| 2,047| 2,051| 2,051| 2,048 Commercial banks......................|1,491.0|1,488.5|1,484.9|1,484.0| 1,499| 1,492| 1,492| 1,493| 1,492| 1,490 Savings institutions..................| 288.7| 271.5| 271.2| 271.1| 289| 276| 273| 272| 272| 271 Nondepository institutions..............| 477.7| 512.2| 519.1| 525.3| 475| 503| 509| 513| 519| 523 Mortgage bankers and brokers..........| 223.7| 244.1| 247.9| 250.5| (2)| (2)| (2)| (2)| (2)| (2) Security and commodity brokers..........| 528.6| 534.4| 536.2| 538.8| 532| 533| 535| 537| 539| 541 Holding and other investment offices....| 239.9| 250.4| 256.4| 259.6| 240| 250| 251| 253| 257| 259 Insurance.................................| 2,237| 2,255| 2,257| 2,265| 2,238| 2,252| 2,256| 2,259| 2,262| 2,265 Insurance carriers......................|1,536.2|1,542.8|1,543.9|1,548.1| 1,536| 1,542| 1,544| 1,546| 1,547| 1,548 Insurance agents, brokers, and service..| 700.8| 711.9| 713.1| 716.7| 702| 710| 712| 713| 715| 717 Real estate...............................| 1,349| 1,348| 1,358| 1,372| 1,387| 1,402| 1,403| 1,394| 1,407| 1,408 | | | | | | | | | | Services3/..................................| 32,319| 32,575| 33,090| 33,423| 32,524| 33,185| 33,248| 33,232| 33,495| 33,626 Agricultural services.....................| 521.9| 505.2| 511.7| 543.6| 584| 593| 599| 601| 614| 609 Hotels and other lodging places...........| 1,553| 1,538| 1,554| 1,579| 1,616| 1,630| 1,629| 1,629| 1,635| 1,646 Personal services.........................| 1,219| 1,196| 1,230| 1,227| 1,158| 1,139| 1,140| 1,149| 1,165| 1,163 Business services.........................| 6,445| 6,621| 6,739| 6,807| 6,570| 6,769| 6,803| 6,783| 6,905| 6,924 Services to buildings...................| 863| 876| 892| 896| 871| 890| 896| 890| 906| 904 Personnel supply services...............| 2,303| 2,310| 2,381| 2,430| 2,399| 2,450| 2,459| 2,442| 2,530| 2,521 Help supply services..................| 2,038| 2,041| 2,103| 2,147| 2,138| 2,168| 2,175| 2,160| 2,242| 2,234 Computer and data processing services...| 1,021| 1,104| 1,116| 1,125| 1,017| 1,089| 1,101| 1,101| 1,112| 1,120 Auto repair, services, and parking........| 1,012| 1,044| 1,060| 1,076| 1,014| 1,043| 1,053| 1,057| 1,068| 1,077 Miscellaneous repair services.............| 340| 340| 343| 347| 344| 342| 347| 344| 347| 350 Motion pictures...........................| 576| 584| 586| 598| 577| 593| 584| 589| 585| 595 Amusement and recreation services.........| 1,331| 1,267| 1,306| 1,375| 1,434| 1,500| 1,469| 1,456| 1,465| 1,487 Health services...........................| 9,179| 9,379| 9,416| 9,456| 9,197| 9,386| 9,403| 9,408| 9,445| 9,475 Offices and clinics of medical doctors..| 1,571| 1,607| 1,613| 1,617| 1,576| 1,609| 1,616| 1,614| 1,620| 1,620 Nursing and personal care facilities....| 1,676| 1,711| 1,717| 1,724| 1,679| 1,713| 1,716| 1,716| 1,720| 1,727 Hospitals...............................| 3,798| 3,834| 3,840| 3,847| 3,802| 3,833| 3,838| 3,838| 3,847| 3,850 Home health care services...............| 596| 619| 625| 631| 599| 626| 630| 625| 629| 632 Legal services............................| 928| 927| 929| 932| 933| 930| 932| 931| 934| 937 Educational services......................| 1,980| 1,856| 2,018| 2,035| 1,863| 1,890| 1,898| 1,888| 1,906| 1,916 Social services...........................| 2,268| 2,285| 2,309| 2,328| 2,264| 2,293| 2,298| 2,296| 2,309| 2,317 Child day care services.................| 534| 532| 539| 546| 519| 525| 527| 525| 528| 531 Residential care........................| 628| 641| 645| 648| 629| 640| 642| 644| 647| 650 Museums and botanical and zoological | | | | | | | | | | gardens.................................| 76| 76| 76| 79| 81| 83| 83| 83| 84| 84 Membership organizations..................| 2,047| 2,026| 2,043| 2,051| 2,059| 2,060| 2,063| 2,061| 2,063| 2,066 Engineering and management services.......| 2,671| 2,760| 2,798| 2,820| 2,658| 2,762| 2,774| 2,785| 2,798| 2,808 Engineering and architectural services..| 787| 804| 804| 811| 795| 813| 816| 813| 816| 819 Management and public relations.........| 770| 829| 837| 840| 773| 835| 841| 843| 844| 843 Services, nec.............................| 40.7| 40.9| 40.8| 40.5| (1)| (1)| (1)| (1)| (1)| (1) | | | | | | | | | | Government..................................| 19,643| 19,235| 19,635| 19,751| 19,248| 19,300| 19,328| 19,291| 19,327| 19,352 Federal...................................| 2,822| 2,761| 2,766| 2,764| 2,828| 2,800| 2,799| 2,780| 2,777| 2,772 Federal, except Postal Service..........|1,988.4|1,906.6|1,914.2|1,910.5| 1,992| 1,946| 1,942| 1,928| 1,924| 1,916 State.....................................| 4,736| 4,519| 4,696| 4,722| 4,613| 4,599| 4,591| 4,577| 4,597| 4,596 Education...............................|2,045.1|1,869.5|2,040.1|2,064.9| 1,904| 1,919| 1,915| 1,904| 1,923| 1,923 Other State government..................|2,690.4|2,649.0|2,655.5|2,656.8| 2,709| 2,680| 2,676| 2,673| 2,674| 2,673 Local.....................................| 12,085| 11,955| 12,173| 12,265| 11,807| 11,901| 11,938| 11,934| 11,953| 11,984 Education...............................|6,975.4|6,827.1|7,024.2|7,085.8| 6,599| 6,670| 6,683| 6,674| 6,683| 6,704 Other local government..................|5,109.1|5,128.2|5,148.9|5,179.4| 5,208| 5,231| 5,255| 5,260| 5,270| 5,280 | | | | | | | | | | ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ These series are not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision. 2/ This series is not suitable for seasonal adjustment because it has very little irregular movement. Thus, the not seasonally adjusted series can be used for analysis of cyclical and long-term trends. 3/ Includes other industries, not shown separately. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers 1/ on private nonfarm payrolls by industry ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted | | _______________________________ _______________________________________________ Industry | | | | | | | | | | | Mar. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Mar. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | 1995 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ | | | | | | | | | | ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | Total private...........................| 34.3 | 33.5 | 34.2 | 34.2 | 34.6 | 34.4 | 34.3 | 33.8 | 34.6 | 34.5 | | | | | | | | | | Goods_producing...............................| 41.0 | 39.2 | 40.6 | 40.6 | 41.3 | 40.9 | 40.6 | 39.6 | 41.3 | 40.8 | | | | | | | | | | Mining......................................| 44.0 | 43.8 | 45.2 | 45.4 | 44.6 | 44.3 | 44.6 | 43.9 | 45.7 | 46.0 | | | | | | | | | | Construction................................| 38.1 | 36.6 | 38.1 | 37.8 | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | | | | | | | | | | Manufacturing...............................| 41.7 | 39.8 | 41.2 | 41.2 | 42.0 | 41.5 | 41.2 | 39.9 | 41.6 | 41.4 Overtime hours.........................| 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.2 | | | | | | | | | | Durable goods.............................| 42.6 | 40.8 | 42.1 | 41.9 | 42.8 | 42.4 | 41.9 | 40.9 | 42.4 | 42.0 Overtime hours.........................| 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.4 | | | | | | | | | | Lumber and wood products.................| 40.4 | 38.6 | 39.8 | 40.2 | 40.7 | 40.6 | 40.0 | 39.0 | 40.6 | 40.5 Furniture and fixtures...................| 39.4 | 35.8 | 38.6 | 38.9 | 39.8 | 39.7 | 39.5 | 35.9 | 39.4 | 39.3 Stone, clay, and glass products..........| 42.5 | 40.9 | 42.4 | 42.6 | 43.4 | 42.9 | 42.8 | 42.0 | 43.7 | 43.3 Primary metal industries.................| 44.4 | 43.3 | 44.0 | 43.7 | 44.5 | 44.0 | 43.7 | 43.2 | 44.1 | 43.7 Blast furnaces and basic steel products| 44.7 | 44.3 | 44.5 | 44.5 | 45.1 | 44.7 | 44.3 | 44.5 | 44.9 | 44.7 Fabricated metal products................| 42.5 | 40.9 | 42.0 | 41.9 | 42.8 | 42.3 | 42.1 | 40.9 | 42.2 | 42.1 Industrial machinery and equipment.......| 43.9 | 42.2 | 43.4 | 43.4 | 43.9 | 43.5 | 43.0 | 42.0 | 43.4 | 43.2 Electronic and other electrical equipment| 41.5 | 40.3 | 41.5 | 41.5 | 41.8 | 41.7 | 41.1 | 40.1 | 41.8 | 41.7 Transportation equipment.................| 44.5 | 42.2 | 43.2 | 41.8 | 44.5 | 43.9 | 42.8 | 42.3 | 43.3 | 41.6 Motor vehicles and equipment...........| 45.9 | 43.3 | 44.0 | 41.4 | 45.8 | 45.0 | 44.4 | 43.5 | 43.9 | 40.9 Instruments and related products.........| 41.7 | 40.4 | 41.9 | 41.8 | 41.7 | 41.5 | 41.2 | 40.2 | 42.0 | 41.7 Miscellaneous manufacturing..............| 39.9 | 37.5 | 39.2 | 39.9 | 39.9 | 39.7 | 39.4 | 37.8 | 39.6 | 39.9 | | | | | | | | | | Nondurable goods..........................| 40.5 | 38.5 | 40.1 | 40.3 | 40.9 | 40.4 | 40.2 | 38.7 | 40.6 | 40.6 Overtime hours.........................| 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.0 | | | | | | | | | | Food and kindred products................| 40.6 | 39.3 | 40.3 | 40.6 | 41.3 | 40.7 | 40.6 | 39.7 | 41.1 | 41.3 Tobacco products.........................| 38.1 | 36.0 | 38.9 | 39.9 | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) Textile mill products....................| 41.2 | 36.1 | 40.2 | 40.8 | 41.8 | 40.6 | 40.2 | 36.2 | 40.8 | 41.1 Apparel and other textile products.......| 37.3 | 33.3 | 36.8 | 36.9 | 37.6 | 36.6 | 36.8 | 33.5 | 37.1 | 37.0 Paper and allied products................| 43.1 | 41.7 | 42.8 | 42.8 | 43.7 | 43.2 | 42.9 | 41.7 | 43.2 | 43.2 Printing and publishing..................| 38.4 | 36.7 | 37.9 | 38.1 | 38.4 | 38.2 | 37.8 | 37.1 | 38.2 | 38.1 Chemicals and allied products............| 43.3 | 42.5 | 43.2 | 43.1 | 43.4 | 43.2 | 43.2 | 42.5 | 43.4 | 43.1 Petroleum and coal products..............| 43.4 | 43.1 | 42.9 | 43.2 | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) Rubber and misc. plastics products.......| 41.8 | 40.3 | 41.2 | 41.2 | 42.0 | 41.5 | 41.4 | 40.2 | 41.4 | 41.3 Leather and leather products.............| 38.1 | 34.6 | 37.2 | 38.0 | 38.4 | 37.7 | 37.6 | 34.7 | 37.6 | 38.3 | | | | | | | | | | Service_producing.............................| 32.4 | 31.9 | 32.4 | 32.5 | 32.7 | 32.7 | 32.6 | 32.2 | 32.7 | 32.8 | | | | | | | | | | Transportation and public utilities.........| 39.1 | 38.5 | 39.4 | 39.4 | 39.5 | 39.5 | 39.6 | 38.9 | 39.8 | 39.8 | | | | | | | | | | Wholesale trade.............................| 38.0 | 37.6 | 38.0 | 38.1 | 38.2 | 38.2 | 38.1 | 37.8 | 38.2 | 38.3 | | | | | | | | | | Retail trade................................| 28.3 | 27.6 | 28.3 | 28.5 | 28.8 | 28.8 | 28.7 | 28.3 | 29.0 | 29.0 | | | | | | | | | | Finance, insurance, and real estate.........| 35.5 | 35.5 | 35.7 | 35.7 | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | | | | | | | | | | Services....................................| 32.2 | 31.8 | 32.2 | 32.2 | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | | | | | | | | | | ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Data relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing; construction workers in construction; and nonsupervisory workers in transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance,insurance, and real estate; and services. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employees on private nonfarm payrolls. 2/ These series are not published seasonally adjusted since the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers 1/ on private nonfarm payrolls by industry ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Average hourly earnings | Average weekly earnings | | _______________________________ _______________________________ Industry | | | | | | | | | Mar. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Mar. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | 1995 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ | | | | | | | | ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | Total private...........................|$11.36 |$11.72 |$11.69 |$11.69 |$389.65|$392.62|$399.80|$399.80 Seasonally adjusted....................| 11.34 | 11.65 | 11.65 | 11.68 | 392.36| 393.77| 403.09| 402.96 | | | | | | | | Goods_producing...............................| 12.86 | 13.25 | 13.17 | 13.14 | 527.26| 519.40| 534.70| 533.48 | | | | | | | | Mining......................................| 15.24 | 15.66 | 15.62 | 15.55 | 670.56| 685.91| 706.02| 705.97 | | | | | | | | Construction................................| 14.84 | 15.19 | 15.09 | 15.08 | 565.40| 555.95| 574.93| 570.02 | | | | | | | | Manufacturing...............................| 12.25 | 12.64 | 12.56 | 12.52 | 510.83| 503.07| 517.47| 515.82 | | | | | | | | Durable goods.............................| 12.83 | 13.13 | 13.09 | 13.00 | 546.56| 535.70| 551.09| 544.70 Lumber and wood products.................| 9.95 | 10.28 | 10.24 | 10.28 | 401.98| 396.81| 407.55| 413.26 Furniture and fixtures...................| 9.67 | 10.00 | 9.94 | 9.98 | 381.00| 358.00| 383.68| 388.22 Stone, clay, and glass products..........| 12.25 | 12.59 | 12.53 | 12.58 | 520.63| 514.93| 531.27| 535.91 Primary metal industries.................| 14.41 | 14.82 | 14.70 | 14.80 | 639.80| 641.71| 646.80| 646.76 Blast furnaces and basic steel products| 17.03 | 17.67 | 17.58 | 17.85 | 761.24| 782.78| 782.31| 794.33 Fabricated metal products................| 12.05 | 12.35 | 12.29 | 12.29 | 512.13| 505.12| 516.18| 514.95 Industrial machinery and equipment.......| 13.15 | 13.42 | 13.40 | 13.39 | 577.29| 566.32| 581.56| 581.13 Electronic and other electrical equipment| 11.54 | 11.92 | 11.83 | 11.86 | 478.91| 480.38| 490.95| 492.19 Transportation equipment.................| 16.66 | 16.82 | 16.92 | 16.48 | 741.37| 709.80| 730.94| 688.86 Motor vehicles and equipment...........| 17.23 | 17.36 | 17.44 | 16.80 | 790.86| 751.69| 767.36| 695.52 Instruments and related products.........| 12.63 | 13.01 | 12.95 | 13.02 | 526.67| 525.60| 542.61| 544.24 Miscellaneous manufacturing..............| 9.90 | 10.27 | 10.22 | 10.17 | 395.01| 385.13| 400.62| 405.78 | | | | | | | | Nondurable goods..........................| 11.45 | 11.94 | 11.81 | 11.84 | 463.73| 459.69| 473.58| 477.15 Food and kindred products................| 10.87 | 11.10 | 11.05 | 11.11 | 441.32| 436.23| 445.32| 451.07 Tobacco products.........................| 20.44 | 18.73 | 18.49 | 19.34 | 778.76| 674.28| 719.26| 771.67 Textile mill products....................| 9.30 | 9.57 | 9.55 | 9.54 | 383.16| 345.48| 383.91| 389.23 Apparel and other textile products.......| 7.51 | 7.85 | 7.79 | 7.78 | 280.12| 261.41| 286.67| 287.08 Paper and allied products................| 14.03 | 14.60 | 14.45 | 14.49 | 604.69| 608.82| 618.46| 620.17 Printing and publishing..................| 12.26 | 12.46 | 12.45 | 12.52 | 470.78| 457.28| 471.86| 477.01 Chemicals and allied products............| 15.43 | 16.13 | 16.01 | 16.03 | 668.12| 685.53| 691.63| 690.89 Petroleum and coal products..............| 19.38 | 19.41 | 19.53 | 19.61 | 841.09| 836.57| 837.84| 847.15 Rubber and misc. plastics products.......| 10.80 | 11.14 | 11.14 | 11.15 | 451.44| 448.94| 458.97| 459.38 Leather and leather products.............| 8.13 | 8.55 | 8.46 | 8.47 | 309.75| 295.83| 314.71| 321.86 | | | | | | | | Service_producing.............................| 10.84 | 11.21 | 11.20 | 11.21 | 351.22| 357.60| 362.88| 364.33 | | | | | | | | Transportation and public utilities.........| 14.06 | 14.43 | 14.42 | 14.39 | 549.75| 555.56| 568.15| 566.97 | | | | | | | | Wholesale trade.............................| 12.25 | 12.62 | 12.60 | 12.61 | 465.50| 474.51| 478.80| 480.44 | | | | | | | | Retail trade................................| 7.63 | 7.91 | 7.85 | 7.90 | 215.93| 218.32| 222.16| 225.15 | | | | | | | | Finance, insurance, and real estate.........| 12.21 | 12.63 | 12.72 | 12.76 | 433.46| 448.37| 454.10| 455.53 | | | | | | | | Services....................................| 11.36 | 11.75 | 11.74 | 11.74 | 365.79| 373.65| 378.03| 378.03 | | | | | | | | ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers ESTABLISHMENT DATA 1/ on private nonfarm payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted _________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Percent | | | | | | | change Industry | Mar. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | from: | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ |Feb. 1996| | | | | | | Mar. 1996 | | | | | | | _________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | Total private: | | | | | | | Current dollars...................| $11.34| $11.58| $11.61| $11.65| $11.65| $11.68| 0.3 Constant (1982) dollars2/.........| 7.39| 7.43| 7.44| 7.43| 7.42| N.A. | (3) | | | | | | | Goods_producing......................| 12.91| 13.16| 13.16| 13.31| 13.26| 13.21| -.4 Mining.............................| 15.15| 15.44| 15.55| 15.49| 15.48| 15.47| -.1 Construction.......................| 14.90| 15.17| 15.09| 15.28| 15.17| 15.16| -.1 Manufacturing......................| 12.25| 12.47| 12.49| 12.61| 12.56| 12.52| -.3 Excluding overtime4/.............| 11.61| 11.84| 11.87| 12.00| 11.94| 11.91| -.3 | | | | | | | Service_producing....................| 10.79| 11.04| 11.09| 11.10| 11.10| 11.16| .5 Transportation and public utilities| 14.05| 14.41| 14.39| 14.37| 14.38| 14.39| .1 Wholesale trade....................| 12.27| 12.50| 12.57| 12.56| 12.56| 12.64| .6 Retail trade.......................| 7.61| 7.78| 7.82| 7.86| 7.82| 7.88| .8 Finance, insurance, and real estate| 12.16| 12.51| 12.53| 12.52| 12.62| 12.71| .7 Services...........................| 11.30| 11.55| 11.61| 11.61| 11.64| 11.68| .3 | | | | | | | _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ See footnote 1, table B-2. 2/ The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series. 3/ Change was -.1 percent from January 1996 to February 1996, the latest month available. 4/ Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and onehalf. N.A. = not available. p/ = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers 1/ on private nonfarm payrolls by industry (1982=100) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted | | ___________________________ _______________________________________ Industry | | | | | | | | | | |Mar. |Jan. | Feb. | Mar. |Mar. |Nov. |Dec. |Jan. | Feb. | Mar. |1995 |1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ |1995 |1995 |1995 |1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ | | | | | | | | | | __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | Total private...........................|129.2|126.7| 130.3 | 131.2 |132.5|133.3|132.9|130.7| 134.5 | 134.5 | | | | | | | | | | Goods_producing...............................|107.4|101.2| 105.3 | 105.5 |111.7|109.3|108.6|105.7| 111.1 | 109.2 | | | | | | | | | | Mining.......................................| 52.1| 50.9| 52.7 | 53.2 | 54.5| 52.3| 53.1| 52.2| 55.1 | 55.5 | | | | | | | | | | Construction.................................|126.7|121.6| 127.5 | 129.9 |143.8|144.0|142.2|142.4| 153.0 | 147.0 | | | | | | | | | | Manufacturing................................|107.1|100.2| 104.1 | 103.7 |108.6|105.7|105.1|101.3| 105.7 | 104.7 | | | | | | | | | | Durable goods...............................|107.9|102.6| 106.0 | 105.2 |108.9|106.7|106.3|103.1| 107.2 | 105.6 Lumber and wood products...................|131.9|122.7| 126.5 | 127.8 |136.2|132.7|131.5|126.0| 131.4 | 131.1 Furniture and fixtures.....................|124.3|109.7| 118.0 | 118.8 |126.1|122.0|122.0|110.3| 120.8 | 120.2 Stone, clay, and glass products............|105.5| 97.8| 102.6 | 105.0 |111.0|108.4|107.9|105.1| 110.7 | 109.7 Primary metal industries...................| 93.7| 91.3| 92.5 | 91.6 | 94.0| 92.4| 91.9| 90.9| 92.8 | 91.6 Blast furnaces and basic steel products..| 73.3| 72.4| 72.3 | 72.0 | 74.5| 73.0| 72.4| 72.7| 73.4 | 72.6 Fabricated metal products..................|113.7|109.3| 112.2 | 111.9 |115.2|112.8|112.6|109.6| 113.2 | 112.9 Industrial machinery and equipment.........|103.5|101.1| 104.0 | 104.0 |103.1|103.8|103.0|100.5| 103.6 | 102.8 Electronic and other electrical equipment..|107.3|105.0| 108.5 | 107.9 |108.2|108.4|106.9|104.4| 109.4 | 108.4 Transportation equipment...................|121.9|112.2| 115.9 | 109.4 |121.6|113.8|114.9|112.3| 116.0 | 108.6 Motor vehicles and equipment.............|162.8|150.5| 155.3 | 140.4 |162.5|156.2|156.6|153.1| 154.7 | 138.4 Instruments and related products...........| 74.5| 71.6| 74.2 | 74.8 | 74.3| 73.6| 73.1| 71.2| 74.3 | 74.3 Miscellaneous manufacturing................|104.6| 95.9| 101.4 | 103.1 |105.1|103.9|103.5| 98.9| 103.6 | 103.6 | | | | | | | | | | Nondurable goods............................|105.9| 97.0| 101.4 | 101.7 |108.2|104.3|103.5| 98.7| 103.7 | 103.4 Food and kindred products..................|109.3|105.7| 108.6 | 109.1 |115.6|113.5|113.4|110.2| 114.5 | 115.0 Tobacco products...........................| 54.0| 55.9| 59.0 | 56.7 | 58.1| 58.4| 55.2| 52.2| 59.7 | 61.2 Textile mill products......................| 96.4| 78.9| 89.0 | 90.4 | 98.3| 91.6| 89.9| 79.7| 90.9 | 91.4 Apparel and other textile products.........| 86.0| 67.5| 75.7 | 75.1 | 87.1| 77.6| 77.1| 68.8| 76.8 | 75.3 Paper and allied products..................|109.4|104.4| 106.7 | 106.4 |111.9|108.9|108.1|105.1| 108.5 | 108.0 Printing and publishing....................|126.7|119.2| 122.8 | 124.1 |126.6|125.3|123.6|120.6| 124.2 | 123.7 Chemicals and allied products..............|102.5|100.2| 101.6 | 101.2 |102.9|103.1|102.6|100.9| 102.5 | 101.4 Petroleum and coal products................| 76.3| 70.4| 69.7 | 70.3 | 79.9| 73.6| 73.6| 74.3| 72.9 | 72.3 Rubber and misc. plastics products.........|144.3|135.3| 138.3 | 138.4 |145.5|141.4|140.5|135.5| 138.9 | 138.6 Leather and leather products...............| 51.1| 41.4| 44.7 | 45.6 | 51.9| 47.5| 46.2| 41.6| 45.6 | 45.9 | | | | | | | | | | Service_producing.............................|138.9|138.1| 141.5 | 142.8 |141.8|144.0|143.8|141.9| 145.0 | 145.8 | | | | | | | | | | Transportation and public utilities..........|122.2|121.6| 125.0 | 125.4 |125.0|126.5|126.9|124.5| 128.1 | 128.4 | | | | | | | | | | Wholesale trade..............................|117.6|118.2| 119.6 | 120.4 |119.2|120.7|120.8|120.0| 121.5 | 122.1 | | | | | | | | | | Retail trade.................................|124.1|122.6| 125.4 | 126.9 |129.5|130.5|130.0|128.0| 131.9 | 132.2 | | | | | | | | | | Finance, insurance, and real estate..........|122.8|123.9| 125.2 | 125.7 |124.0|125.8|125.8|123.8| 126.4 | 127.2 | | | | | | | | | | Services.....................................|165.3|164.1| 169.0 | 170.8 |167.4|170.8|170.6|168.6| 171.6 | 172.9 | | | | | | | | | | __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-6. ESTABLISHMENT DATA Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted (Percent) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | TIME SPAN | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | | | | | | | | | | | | _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | Private nonfarm payrolls, 356 industries1/ | _______________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | Over 1-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | | 1992..............| 42.3 | 45.2 | 50.1 | 57.3 | 53.7 | 48.2 | 53.5 | 49.6 | 53.4 | 57.0 | 52.2 | 58.1 1993..............| 57.6 | 61.5 | 51.4 | 58.3 | 61.4 | 55.1 | 57.7 | 56.3 | 61.4 | 59.7 | 61.1 | 60.7 1994..............| 60.0 | 63.3 | 65.9 | 62.4 | 58.0 | 63.8 | 60.5 | 61.5 | 60.7 | 61.1 | 65.3 | 61.1 1995..............| 60.3 | 61.7 | 57.6 | 51.3 | 46.2 | 55.3 | 48.5 | 54.9 | 50.6 | 53.7 | 57.9 | 57.2 1996..............| 48.6 |p/63.3 |p/55.3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Over 3-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | | 1992..............| 40.2 | 42.6 | 50.7 | 56.3 | 56.3 | 54.6 | 50.6 | 51.3 | 52.5 | 54.9 | 58.7 | 59.1 1993..............| 64.0 | 61.2 | 61.8 | 58.8 | 61.4 | 61.8 | 59.3 | 61.8 | 62.6 | 66.7 | 65.7 | 63.6 1994..............| 68.8 | 70.9 | 69.8 | 67.1 | 66.0 | 66.0 | 68.4 | 68.3 | 67.8 | 67.3 | 68.1 | 67.4 1995..............| 66.4 | 64.9 | 57.9 | 49.3 | 50.6 | 47.9 | 52.8 | 50.3 | 52.5 | 54.4 | 57.6 | 56.3 1996..............|p/59.0 |p/59.3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Over 6-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | | 1992..............| 43.4 | 46.2 | 46.3 | 50.8 | 55.1 | 55.3 | 52.7 | 52.2 | 56.7 | 55.9 | 63.6 | 63.2 1993..............| 63.2 | 63.8 | 62.8 | 64.2 | 60.8 | 63.9 | 64.5 | 64.7 | 66.2 | 67.3 | 70.8 | 70.8 1994..............| 71.2 | 70.2 | 70.5 | 69.5 | 69.8 | 69.1 | 70.5 | 70.9 | 69.0 | 69.0 | 67.4 | 67.0 1995..............| 65.9 | 58.8 | 56.3 | 52.2 | 49.2 | 49.6 | 50.3 | 56.0 | 53.2 | 53.7 |p/57.6 |p/61.2 1996..............| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Over 12-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | | 1992..............| 47.2 | 42.3 | 42.7 | 44.1 | 48.0 | 52.5 | 55.8 | 60.7 | 59.7 | 61.4 | 62.9 | 62.9 1993..............| 64.9 | 63.9 | 64.0 | 65.4 | 67.0 | 67.6 | 67.6 | 67.0 | 70.2 | 69.4 | 68.8 | 69.4 1994..............| 68.4 | 70.8 | 71.9 | 70.2 | 69.5 | 69.7 | 70.4 | 70.8 | 70.4 | 70.2 | 66.0 | 64.0 1995..............| 63.1 | 60.8 | 58.1 | 58.3 | 56.6 | 55.9 | 53.8 |p/56.2 |p/55.1 | | | 1996..............| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | _______________________________________________________________________________________________ | | Manufacturing payrolls, 139 industries1/ | _______________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | Over 1-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | | 1992..............| 37.1 | 40.3 | 46.0 | 57.2 | 48.2 | 46.0 | 56.1 | 42.8 | 50.7 | 47.5 | 51.4 | 52.5 1993..............| 52.2 | 57.9 | 52.9 | 44.2 | 51.4 | 46.0 | 50.7 | 48.6 | 56.1 | 54.7 | 56.5 | 54.3 1994..............| 59.4 | 61.2 | 59.4 | 56.5 | 55.0 | 59.0 | 54.0 | 56.5 | 53.2 | 59.4 | 59.0 | 57.6 1995..............| 56.8 | 54.7 | 49.6 | 44.2 | 36.7 | 41.7 | 39.6 | 46.8 | 40.3 | 50.4 | 43.9 | 48.6 1996..............| 43.2 |p/49.3 |p/42.8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Over 3-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | | 1992..............| 29.9 | 36.0 | 45.0 | 51.4 | 52.2 | 54.3 | 45.3 | 50.7 | 43.9 | 49.6 | 51.4 | 53.6 1993..............| 60.8 | 60.4 | 57.2 | 46.4 | 46.4 | 50.7 | 49.6 | 54.3 | 53.2 | 60.1 | 56.1 | 57.6 1994..............| 65.1 | 66.5 | 64.4 | 59.0 | 58.6 | 58.3 | 61.5 | 59.0 | 61.5 | 60.4 | 64.0 | 62.2 1995..............| 61.5 | 56.1 | 47.1 | 35.6 | 32.4 | 28.8 | 32.7 | 33.1 | 41.0 | 39.6 | 44.2 | 39.9 1996..............|p/39.6 |p/39.6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Over 6-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | | 1992..............| 33.5 | 36.0 | 39.6 | 47.5 | 51.8 | 52.5 | 47.5 | 48.9 | 52.5 | 47.1 | 57.9 | 58.3 1993..............| 57.6 | 56.5 | 56.1 | 55.0 | 49.3 | 52.2 | 55.4 | 57.9 | 56.8 | 57.6 | 65.1 | 62.9 1994..............| 61.9 | 62.9 | 64.4 | 61.5 | 60.8 | 59.0 | 62.2 | 62.6 | 61.5 | 64.0 | 61.5 | 61.5 1995..............| 57.2 | 47.1 | 40.3 | 32.7 | 26.6 | 25.9 | 29.9 | 32.7 | 33.5 | 35.6 |p/35.3 |p/38.8 1996..............| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Over 12-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | | 1992..............| 42.4 | 36.7 | 36.3 | 36.0 | 39.6 | 45.7 | 50.0 | 55.8 | 57.9 | 56.8 | 58.3 | 56.5 1993..............| 56.8 | 57.9 | 55.8 | 58.6 | 57.2 | 57.6 | 58.6 | 59.0 | 61.2 | 60.4 | 60.1 | 59.4 1994..............| 58.3 | 59.7 | 61.9 | 61.5 | 61.5 | 61.5 | 61.9 | 63.3 | 61.5 | 59.7 | 56.5 | 49.6 1995..............| 46.8 | 43.2 | 40.6 | 37.1 | 34.9 | 33.5 | 28.1 |p/30.2 |p/26.3 | | | 1996..............| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. Data are centered within the span. p = preliminary. NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing employment.
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