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2 Technical information: Household data: Establishment data: Media contact: (202) 691-6378 http://www.bls.gov/cps/ USDL 04-596 691-6555 http://www.bls.gov/ces/ 691-5902 Transmission of material in this release is embargoed until 8:30 A.M. (EST), Friday, April 2, 2004. THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: MARCH 2004 Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 308,000 in March, and the unemployment rate was about unchanged at 5.7 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Payroll job growth was fairly widespread, as construction employment rose sharply and several major service-providing industries also added jobs. Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, April 2001 – March 2004 Chart 2. Nonfarm payroll employment, seasonally adjusted, April 2001 – March 2004 Percent Millions 6.5 136.0 6.0 134.0 5.5 132.0 5.0 130.0 4.5 128.0 4.0 126.0 3.5 124.0 2002 2003 2004 2002 2003 2004 Unemployment (Household Survey Data) The unemployment rate, 5.7 percent, and the number of unemployed persons, 8.4 million, were essentially unchanged in March. Both measures remained below their recent highs of June 2003. Unemployment rates for the major worker groups—adult men (5.2 percent), adult women (5.1 percent), teenagers (16.5 percent), whites (5.1 percent), blacks (10.2 percent), and Hispanics or Latinos (7.4 percent)—showed little or no change over the month. The unemployment rate for Asians was 4.2 percent in March, not seasonally adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.) Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) Total employment in March held at 138.3 million, and the employment-population ratio—the proportion of the population age 16 and over with jobs—was essentially unchanged at 62.1 percent. The civilian labor force was about unchanged over the month at 146.7 million, and the labor force participation rate remained at 65.9 percent. (See table A-1.) 2 Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Quarterly averages Monthly data 2004 Category 2003 2004 ¹ IV I Jan. ¹ Feb. Mar. Feb.Mar. change Labor force status HOUSEHOLD DATA Civilian labor force……………………………… 146,986 Employment………………………………… 138,369 8,616 Unemployment……………………………… Not in labor force……………………………… 75,290 146,661 138,388 8,273 75,695 146,863 138,566 8,297 75,298 146,471 138,301 8,170 75,886 146,650 138,298 8,352 75,900 179 -3 182 14 5.7 5.2 5.1 16.5 5.1 10.2 7.4 0.1 .1 .2 -.1 .2 .4 .0 130,194 p130,240 p130,548 21,696 p21,672 p21,750 6,812 p6,791 p6,862 14,314 p14,310 p14,310 108,498 p108,568 p108,798 14,945 p14,961 p15,008 16,172 p16,185 p16,227 16,746 p16,767 p16,806 12,218 p12,221 p12,249 21,527 p21,542 p21,573 p308 p78 p71 p0 p230 p47 p42 p39 p28 p31 Unemployment rates All workers…………………….……………… Adult men…………………...……………… Adult women………………………………… Teenagers…………………………………… White ……….……...……………………… Black or African American ………………… Hispanic or Latino ethnicity………………… 5.9 5.5 5.1 16.3 5.1 10.7 7.1 5.6 5.1 5.0 16.6 5.0 10.1 7.4 5.6 5.1 4.9 16.6 4.9 9.8 7.4 Employment ESTABLISHMENT DATA Nonfarm employment…………………………… Goods-producing ²…………………………… Construction……………………………… Manufacturing…………………………… Service-providing ²………………………… Retail trade……………………………… Professional and business services……… Education and health services…………… Leisure and hospitality…………………… Government……………………………… 5.6 5.1 5.0 16.7 4.9 10.5 7.3 130,002 p130,327 21,676 p21,706 6,766 p6,822 14,340 p14,311 108,326 p108,621 14,915 p14,971 16,114 p16,195 16,705 p16,773 12,172 p12,229 21,549 p21,547 Hours of work ³ Total private……...……………………………… Manufacturing…………….………………… Overtime………………………………… 33.7 40.6 4.4 p33.8 p41.0 p4.6 33.8 41.0 4.5 p33.8 p41.0 p4.6 p33.7 p40.9 p4.6 p-0.1 p-.1 p.0 Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100) ³ Total private…...….……….….....…………….. 98.7 p99.1 99.1 p99.1 p99.0 p-0.1 p$15.54 p523.70 p$0.02 p-.88 Earnings ³ Average hourly earnings, total private………… Average weekly earnings, total private………… 1 $15.45 520.55 p$15.52 p523.95 $15.49 523.56 p$15.52 p524.58 Beginning in January 2004, household data reflect revised population controls used in the Current Population Survey. 2 Includes other industries, not shown separately. 3 Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers. p=preliminary. 3 In March, the number of persons who worked part time for economic reasons increased to 4.7 million, about the same level as in January. These individuals indicated that they would like to work full time but were working part time because their hours had been cut back or because they were unable to find full-time jobs. (See table A-5.) Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) The number of persons who were marginally attached to the labor force totaled 1.6 million in March, about the same as a year earlier. (Data are not seasonally adjusted.) These individuals wanted and were available to work and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed, however, because they did not actively search for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. There were 514,000 discouraged workers in March, also about the same as a year earlier. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, were not currently looking for work specifically because they believed no jobs were available for them. The other 1.1 million marginally attached had not searched for work for reasons such as school or family responsibilities. (See table A-13.) Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data) Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 308,000 in March to 130.5 million, seasonally adjusted. The over-the-month increase in employment included gains in construction, retail trade, and health care and social assistance. The number of factory jobs was unchanged in March. Since August 2003, payroll employment has risen by 759,000. (See table B-1.) Construction employment increased by 71,000 in March, following a decline in February. This industry has added 201,000 jobs over the past year. Most of the March employment gain occurred among specialty trade contractors. Retail trade added 47,000 jobs in March. This sector has added 132,000 jobs since December, after posting a net job loss in 2003. Within retail trade, employment in food stores increased by 13,000 over the month, reflecting the net impact of workers returning from a strike. Wholesale trade employment edged up over the month. Since October, the industry has added 39,000 jobs. Employment in health care and social assistance rose by 36,000 in March. Over the year, this industry has gained 255,000 jobs. In March, employment increased in hospitals (12,000), offices of physicians (9,000), and nursing and residential care facilities (7,000). In the financial sector, employment in credit intermediation and related activities grew by 11,000 in March. Following declines in the last quarter of 2003, employment in credit intermediation expanded in the first quarter, reflecting a rise in mortgage refinancing activity. Prior to the fourth quarter of 2003, the industry had been adding jobs for about 3 years. Professional and business services added 42,000 jobs in March. Small employment increases occurred in several of the component industries, including architectural and engineering services, computer systems design, and management consulting. Elsewhere in professional and business services, employment in temporary help services was about unchanged over the month. Since April 2003, however, the industry has added 212,000 jobs. Within the leisure and hospitality sector, employment in food services and drinking places increased by 27,000 over the month and by 186,000 over the year. 4 Manufacturing employment was unchanged in March at 14.3 million. Declines in manufacturing employment began moderating late last summer. Employment in both durable and nondurable goods manufacturing was little changed in March. Employment in a number of other industries edged up in March, including transportation and warehousing (13,000), utilities (2,000), and government (31,000). Within government, the March job gain was concentrated in state and local education. Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data) The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls decreased by 0.1 hour in March to 33.7 hours, seasonally adjusted. The manufacturing workweek also declined by 0.1 hour to 40.9 hours. Manufacturing overtime was unchanged at 4.6 hours over the month. (See table B-2.) The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls fell by 0.1 percent in March to 99.0 (2002=100). The manufacturing index was down by 0.3 percent over the month to 94.1. (See table B-5.) Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data) Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 2 cents in March to $15.54, seasonally adjusted. Average weekly earnings fell by 0.2 percent over the month to $523.70. Over the year, average hourly earnings grew by 1.8 percent, and average weekly earnings increased by 1.5 percent. (See table B-3.) ______________________________ The Employment Situation for April 2004 is scheduled to be released on Friday, May 7, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT). Explanatory Note This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current Population Survey (household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics survey (establishment survey). The household survey provides the information on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears in the A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA. It is a sample survey of about 60,000 households conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The establishment survey provides the information on the employment, hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls that appears in the B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA. This information is collected from payroll records by BLS in cooperation with State agencies. The sample includes about 160,000 businesses and government agencies covering approximately 400,000 individual worksites. The active sample includes about one-third of all nonfarm payroll workers. The sample is drawn from a sampling frame of unemployment insurance tax accounts. For both surveys, the data for a given month relate to a particular week or pay period. In the household survey, the reference week is generally the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month. In the establishment survey, the reference period is the pay period including the 12th, which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week. Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys Household survey. The sample is selected to reflect the entire civilian noninstitutional population. Based on responses to a series of questions on work and job search activities, each person 16 years and over in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the labor force. People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid employees during the reference week; worked in their own business, profession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours in a family business or farm. People are also counted as employed if they were temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather, vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons. People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following criteria: They had no employment during the reference week; they were available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference week. Persons laid off from a job and expecting recall need not be looking for work to be counted as unemployed. The unemployment data derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility for or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits. The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed persons. Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the labor force. The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent of the labor force. The labor force participation rate is the labor force as a percent of the population, and the employmentpopulation ratio is the employed as a percent of the population. Establishment survey. The sample establishments are drawn from private nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well as Federal, State, and local government entities. Employees on nonfarm payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay period, including persons on paid leave. Persons are counted in each job they hold. Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing sector. Industries are classified on the basis of their principal activity in accordance with the 2002 version of the North American Industry Classification System. Differences in employment estimates. The numerous conceptual and methodological differences between the household and establishment surveys result in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from the surveys. Among these are: • The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed, unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed. These groups are excluded from the establishment survey. • The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the employed. The establishment survey does not. • The household survey is limited to workers 16 years of age and older. The establishment survey is not limited by age. • The household survey has no duplication of individuals, because individuals are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job and thus appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each appearance. Seasonal adjustment Over the course of a year, the size of the nation’s labor force and the levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production, harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools. The effect of such seasonal variation can be very large; seasonal fluctuations may account for as much as 95 percent of the monthto-month changes in unemployment. Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by adjusting the statistics from month to month. These adjustments make nonseasonal developments, such as declines in economic activity or increases in the participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot. For example, the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is likely to obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May, making it difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or declined. However, because the effect of students finishing school in previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be adjusted to allow for a comparable change. Insofar as the seasonal adjustment is made correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful tool with which to analyze changes in economic activity. Most seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted in both the household and establishment surveys. However, the ad- justed series for many major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most supersectors, total employment, and unemployment are computed by aggregating independently adjusted component series. For example, total unemployment is derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age-sex components; this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be obtained by directly adjusting the total or by combining the duration, reasons, or more detailed age categories. For both the household and establishment surveys, a concurrent seasonal adjustment methodology is used in which new seasonal factors are calculated each month, using all relevant data, up to and including the data for the current month. In the household survey, new seasonal factors are used to adjust only the current month’s data. In the establishment survey, however, new seasonal factors are used each month to adjust the three most recent monthly estimates. In both surveys, revisions to historical data are made once a year. Reliability of the estimates Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error. When a sample rather than the entire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates may differ from the “true” population values they represent. The exact difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the estimate. There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, that an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard errors from the “true” population value because of sampling error. BLS analyses are generally conducted at the 90percent level of confidence. For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus 290,000. Suppose the estimate of total employment increases by 100,000 from one month to the next. The 90-percent confidence interval on the monthly change would range from -190,000 to 390,000 (100,000 +/- 290,000). These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the “true” over-the-month change lies within this interval. Since this range includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that employment had, in fact, increased. If, however, the reported employment rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90-percent confidence interval would be greater than zero. In this case, it is likely (at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had, in fact, occurred. At an unemployment rate of around 4 percent, the 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly change in unemployment is about +/- 270,000, and for the monthly change in the unemployment rate it is about +/- .19 percentage point. In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates which are based on a small number of observations. The precision of estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as for quarterly and annual averages. The seasonal adjustment process can also improve the stability of the monthly estimates. The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling error. Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain information for all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes made by respondents, and errors made in the collection or processing of the data. For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 2 months are based on substantially incomplete returns; for this reason, these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables. It is only after two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final. Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new firms. To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth, an estimation procedure with two components is used to account for business births. The first component uses business deaths to impute employment for business births. This is incorporated into the sample-based link relative estimate procedure by simply not reflecting sample units going out of business, but imputing to them the same trend as the other firms in the sample. The second component is an ARIMA time series model designed to estimate the residual net birth/ death employment not accounted for by the imputation. The historical time series used to create and test the ARIMA model was derived from the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and reflects the actual residual net of births and deaths over the past five years. The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program. The difference between the March samplebased employment estimates and the March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a rough proxy for total survey error. The new benchmarks also incorporate changes in the classification of industries. Over the past decade, the benchmark revision for total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.3 percent, ranging from zero to 0.7 percent. Additional statistics and other information More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings, published each month by BLS. It is available for $27.00 per issue or $53.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. All orders must be prepaid by sending a check or money order payable to the Superintendent of Documents, or by charging to Mastercard or Visa. Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for the household and establishment survey data published in this release. For unemployment and other labor force categories, these measures appear in tables 1-B through 1-D of its “Explanatory Notes.” For the establishment survey data, the sampling error measures and the actual size of revisions due to benchmark adjustments appear in tables 2-B through 2-F of Employment and Earnings. Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 202-691-5200; TDD message referral phone: 1-800-877-8339. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age (Numbers in thousands) Seasonally adjusted 1 Not seasonally adjusted Employment status, sex, and age Mar. 2003 Feb. 2004 Mar. 2004 Mar. 2003 Nov. 2003 Dec. 2003 Jan. 2004 Feb. 2004 Mar. 2004 220,317 145,801 66.2 136,783 62.1 9,018 6.2 74,516 4,763 222,357 146,154 65.7 137,384 61.8 8,770 6.0 76,203 4,622 222,550 146,525 65.8 137,691 61.9 8,834 6.0 76,025 4,667 220,317 145,818 66.2 137,300 62.3 8,519 5.8 74,499 4,974 222,279 147,187 66.2 138,533 62.3 8,653 5.9 75,093 4,572 222,509 146,878 66.0 138,479 62.2 8,398 5.7 75,631 4,714 222,161 146,863 66.1 138,566 62.4 8,297 5.6 75,298 4,747 222,357 146,471 65.9 138,301 62.2 8,170 5.6 75,886 4,746 222,550 146,650 65.9 138,298 62.1 8,352 5.7 75,900 4,843 106,005 77,533 73.1 72,304 68.2 5,228 6.7 28,473 107,177 78,014 72.8 73,003 68.1 5,012 6.4 29,163 107,281 78,283 73.0 73,244 68.3 5,039 6.4 28,998 106,005 77,731 73.3 73,015 68.9 4,716 6.1 28,275 107,003 78,799 73.6 73,915 69.1 4,883 6.2 28,204 107,123 78,661 73.4 74,085 69.2 4,576 5.8 28,462 107,072 78,823 73.6 74,343 69.4 4,480 5.7 28,249 107,177 78,337 73.1 73,901 69.0 4,436 5.7 28,840 107,281 78,542 73.2 74,006 69.0 4,536 5.8 28,739 97,869 74,208 75.8 69,679 71.2 4,528 6.1 23,661 98,966 74,719 75.5 70,318 71.1 4,402 5.9 24,246 99,065 74,991 75.7 70,586 71.3 4,405 5.9 24,074 97,869 74,209 75.8 70,213 71.7 3,995 5.4 23,660 98,814 75,188 76.1 70,964 71.8 4,224 5.6 23,626 98,927 75,044 75.9 71,099 71.9 3,945 5.3 23,882 98,866 75,171 76.0 71,329 72.1 3,842 5.1 23,694 98,966 74,797 75.6 70,969 71.7 3,828 5.1 24,168 99,065 75,018 75.7 71,128 71.8 3,890 5.2 24,047 114,312 68,269 59.7 64,479 56.4 3,790 5.6 46,043 115,180 68,140 59.2 64,381 55.9 3,758 5.5 47,040 115,269 68,241 59.2 64,447 55.9 3,794 5.6 47,028 114,312 68,088 59.6 64,285 56.2 3,803 5.6 46,224 115,276 68,388 59.3 64,618 56.1 3,770 5.5 46,888 115,386 68,217 59.1 64,394 55.8 3,823 5.6 47,169 115,089 68,040 59.1 64,223 55.8 3,817 5.6 47,050 115,180 68,134 59.2 64,400 55.9 3,734 5.5 47,046 115,269 68,108 59.1 64,292 55.8 3,816 5.6 47,161 106,411 64,877 61.0 61,592 57.9 3,285 5.1 41,533 107,216 64,832 60.5 61,592 57.4 3,240 5.0 42,384 107,299 65,036 60.6 61,703 57.5 3,333 5.1 42,264 106,411 64,490 60.6 61,219 57.5 3,271 5.1 41,921 107,303 64,917 60.5 61,597 57.4 3,320 5.1 42,387 107,404 64,846 60.4 61,521 57.3 3,326 5.1 42,558 107,131 64,515 60.2 61,260 57.2 3,255 5.0 42,617 107,216 64,629 60.3 61,456 57.3 3,172 4.9 42,587 107,299 64,687 60.3 61,373 57.2 3,314 5.1 42,613 16,038 6,717 41.9 5,512 34.4 1,205 17.9 9,321 16,175 6,603 40.8 5,475 33.8 1,128 17.1 9,572 16,186 6,498 40.1 5,402 33.4 1,096 16.9 9,688 16,038 7,120 44.4 5,868 36.6 1,252 17.6 8,918 16,162 7,082 43.8 5,972 37.0 1,109 15.7 9,080 16,178 6,987 43.2 5,859 36.2 1,128 16.1 9,191 16,164 7,177 44.4 5,977 37.0 1,200 16.7 8,987 16,175 7,045 43.6 5,875 36.3 1,170 16.6 9,130 16,186 6,945 42.9 5,797 35.8 1,148 16.5 9,240 TOTAL Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ............................................................... Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio ............................................ Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate .......................................................... Not in labor force .................................................................... Persons who currently want a job ......................................... Men, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ............................................................... Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio ............................................ Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate .......................................................... Not in labor force .................................................................... Men, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ............................................................... Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio ............................................ Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate .......................................................... Not in labor force .................................................................... Women, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ............................................................... Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio ............................................ Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate .......................................................... Not in labor force .................................................................... Women, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ............................................................... Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio ............................................ Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate .......................................................... Not in labor force .................................................................... Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ............................................................... Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio ............................................ Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate .......................................................... Not in labor force .................................................................... 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. NOTE: Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age (Numbers in thousands) Seasonally adjusted 1 Not seasonally adjusted Employment status, race, sex, and age Mar. 2003 Feb. 2004 Mar. 2004 Mar. 2003 Nov. 2003 Dec. 2003 Jan. 2004 Feb. 2004 Mar. 2004 180,728 120,201 66.5 113,630 62.9 6,572 5.5 60,526 182,001 120,336 66.1 113,834 62.5 6,502 5.4 61,665 182,121 120,455 66.1 113,921 62.6 6,533 5.4 61,666 180,728 120,223 66.5 114,057 63.1 6,166 5.1 60,505 182,032 121,041 66.5 114,783 63.1 6,258 5.2 60,991 182,185 120,751 66.3 114,678 62.9 6,073 5.0 61,434 181,879 120,723 66.4 114,765 63.1 5,958 4.9 61,156 182,001 120,540 66.2 114,602 63.0 5,938 4.9 61,460 182,121 120,542 66.2 114,433 62.8 6,109 5.1 61,579 62,214 76.3 58,802 72.1 3,412 5.5 62,494 76.0 59,123 71.9 3,371 5.4 62,622 76.1 59,245 72.0 3,377 5.4 62,253 76.3 59,277 72.7 2,976 4.8 62,913 76.5 59,777 72.7 3,136 5.0 62,752 76.2 59,794 72.6 2,957 4.7 62,799 76.4 59,969 73.0 2,830 4.5 62,603 76.1 59,763 72.6 2,840 4.5 62,672 76.1 59,736 72.6 2,936 4.7 52,404 60.5 50,120 57.8 2,284 4.4 52,281 60.0 50,051 57.4 2,230 4.3 52,388 60.1 50,053 57.4 2,335 4.5 52,033 60.0 49,761 57.4 2,272 4.4 52,210 59.9 49,932 57.2 2,279 4.4 52,199 59.8 49,941 57.2 2,258 4.3 51,954 59.6 49,668 57.0 2,286 4.4 51,993 59.7 49,797 57.1 2,197 4.2 52,016 59.6 49,710 57.0 2,306 4.4 5,583 44.7 4,707 37.7 876 15.7 5,561 44.2 4,661 37.1 900 16.2 5,445 43.3 4,623 36.7 822 15.1 5,937 47.5 5,019 40.2 918 15.5 5,918 47.1 5,074 40.4 843 14.3 5,800 46.1 4,942 39.3 857 14.8 5,970 47.5 5,128 40.8 842 14.1 5,944 47.3 5,042 40.1 902 15.2 5,854 46.5 4,987 39.6 867 14.8 25,552 16,288 63.7 14,558 57.0 1,730 10.6 9,264 25,900 16,274 62.8 14,650 56.6 1,624 10.0 9,626 25,932 16,531 63.7 14,793 57.0 1,738 10.5 9,402 25,552 16,359 64.0 14,678 57.4 1,681 10.3 9,193 25,860 16,524 63.9 14,812 57.3 1,712 10.4 9,336 25,894 16,365 63.2 14,679 56.7 1,686 10.3 9,529 25,867 16,602 64.2 14,866 57.5 1,736 10.5 9,265 25,900 16,404 63.3 14,804 57.2 1,600 9.8 9,495 25,932 16,595 64.0 14,909 57.5 1,686 10.2 9,337 7,209 70.5 6,465 63.3 744 10.3 7,284 70.1 6,552 63.1 732 10.1 7,357 70.7 6,620 63.7 737 10.0 7,221 70.7 6,533 63.9 689 9.5 7,414 71.6 6,668 64.4 746 10.1 7,382 71.2 6,695 64.6 687 9.3 7,450 71.8 6,737 65.0 713 9.6 7,305 70.3 6,620 63.7 684 9.4 7,367 70.8 6,689 64.3 678 9.2 8,352 64.4 7,624 58.8 728 8.7 8,369 63.8 7,628 58.2 740 8.8 8,491 64.7 7,702 58.7 789 9.3 8,353 64.4 7,622 58.8 731 8.8 8,401 64.1 7,639 58.3 762 9.1 8,276 63.1 7,471 56.9 805 9.7 8,358 63.8 7,595 58.0 762 9.1 8,418 64.2 7,674 58.5 745 8.8 8,492 64.7 7,700 58.7 792 9.3 727 30.7 470 19.8 257 35.4 621 25.8 470 19.5 151 24.3 683 28.3 471 19.6 212 31.0 785 33.2 523 22.1 261 33.3 710 29.6 505 21.0 205 28.9 707 29.4 514 21.4 193 27.3 794 33.1 533 22.2 261 32.9 682 28.3 510 21.2 171 25.1 737 30.6 521 21.6 217 29.4 9,081 6,063 66.8 5,672 62.5 391 6.5 3,018 9,334 6,190 66.3 5,900 63.2 290 4.7 3,144 9,395 6,235 66.4 5,971 63.6 264 4.2 3,160 WHITE Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Not in labor force .................................................................... Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Not in labor force .................................................................... Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ ASIAN Civilian noninstutional population ............................................. Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Not in labor force .................................................................... 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. 2 Data not available. (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1 because data are not presented for all races. Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-3. Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age (Numbers in thousands) Seasonally adjusted 1 Not seasonally adjusted Employment status, sex, and age Mar. 2003 Feb. 2004 Mar. 2004 Mar. 2003 Nov. 2003 Dec. 2003 Jan. 2004 Feb. 2004 Mar. 2004 27,191 18,665 68.6 17,123 63.0 1,542 8.3 8,527 27,705 18,682 67.4 17,170 62.0 1,512 8.1 9,023 27,791 19,053 68.6 17,534 63.1 1,519 8.0 8,738 27,191 18,604 68.4 17,173 63.2 1,431 7.7 8,587 28,016 19,125 68.3 17,709 63.2 1,416 7.4 8,891 28,116 19,035 67.7 17,784 63.3 1,250 6.6 9,082 27,619 18,811 68.1 17,441 63.2 1,370 7.3 8,807 27,705 18,693 67.5 17,303 62.5 1,389 7.4 9,012 27,791 19,010 68.4 17,596 63.3 1,414 7.4 8,781 10,625 84.2 9,868 78.2 757 7.1 10,709 83.2 9,917 77.0 792 7.4 10,857 84.0 10,125 78.4 732 6.7 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) 7,120 59.1 6,501 53.9 619 8.7 7,036 57.5 6,547 53.5 490 7.0 7,261 59.1 6,689 54.5 572 7.9 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) 920 36.5 754 29.9 166 18.0 937 36.3 707 27.4 230 24.5 935 36.2 720 27.8 215 23.0 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Not in labor force .................................................................... Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. 2 Data not available. NOTE: Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. Table A-4. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Educational attainment Seasonally adjusted Mar. 2003 Feb. 2004 Mar. 2004 Mar. 2003 Nov. 2003 Dec. 2003 Jan. 2004 Feb. 2004 Mar. 2004 12,874 45.0 11,608 40.6 1,266 9.8 12,191 44.1 10,965 39.7 1,227 10.1 12,397 45.1 11,155 40.6 1,242 10.0 12,841 44.9 11,735 41.0 1,106 8.6 12,764 45.6 11,677 41.7 1,087 8.5 12,712 44.9 11,678 41.2 1,034 8.1 12,356 44.3 11,271 40.4 1,085 8.8 12,526 45.4 11,455 41.5 1,071 8.5 12,390 45.1 11,302 41.1 1,088 8.8 37,911 64.0 35,625 60.1 2,287 6.0 37,985 63.4 35,802 59.8 2,182 5.7 37,778 63.3 35,576 59.6 2,202 5.8 37,786 63.8 35,718 60.3 2,068 5.5 38,241 63.6 36,179 60.2 2,061 5.4 37,958 63.5 35,868 60.0 2,090 5.5 37,662 63.0 35,829 59.9 1,832 4.9 37,898 63.3 35,998 60.1 1,900 5.0 37,749 63.2 35,765 59.9 1,984 5.3 34,103 73.5 32,399 69.8 1,703 5.0 34,357 72.8 32,792 69.5 1,565 4.6 34,475 73.0 32,794 69.5 1,681 4.9 34,060 73.4 32,427 69.9 1,633 4.8 33,727 72.4 32,114 68.9 1,613 4.8 33,932 72.2 32,400 69.0 1,532 4.5 33,810 72.5 32,276 69.2 1,535 4.5 34,026 72.1 32,536 68.9 1,489 4.4 34,354 72.8 32,726 69.3 1,628 4.7 39,603 78.7 38,443 76.4 1,160 2.9 40,148 78.2 38,984 75.9 1,165 2.9 40,535 78.2 39,414 76.1 1,120 2.8 39,467 78.5 38,256 76.1 1,211 3.1 40,536 78.7 39,292 76.3 1,244 3.1 40,515 79.0 39,291 76.6 1,224 3.0 40,450 78.4 39,277 76.1 1,173 2.9 39,917 77.7 38,748 75.5 1,169 2.9 40,371 77.9 39,197 75.6 1,174 2.9 Less than a high school diploma Civilian labor force .................................................................... Participation rate ................................................................... Employed ................................................................................ Employment-population ratio ................................................ Unemployed ........................................................................... Unemployment rate .............................................................. High school graduates, no college 1 Civilian labor force .................................................................... Participation rate ................................................................... Employed ................................................................................ Employment-population ratio ................................................ Unemployed ........................................................................... Unemployment rate .............................................................. Some college or associate degree Civilian labor force .................................................................... Participation rate ................................................................... Employed ................................................................................ Employment-population ratio ................................................ Unemployed ........................................................................... Unemployment rate .............................................................. Bachelor’s degree and higher 2 Civilian labor force .................................................................... Participation rate ................................................................... Employed ................................................................................ Employment-population ratio ................................................ Unemployed ........................................................................... Unemployment rate .............................................................. 1 2 Includes high school diploma or equivalent. Includes persons with bachelor’s, master’s, professional, and doctoral degrees. NOTE: Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-5. Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Category Mar. 2003 Feb. 2004 Mar. 2004 Mar. 2003 Nov. 2003 Dec. 2003 Jan. 2004 Feb. 2004 Mar. 2004 CLASS OF WORKER Agriculture and related industries ............................................. Wage and salary workers ....................................................... Self-employed workers ........................................................... Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 2,108 1,149 928 30 1,956 1,067 872 17 2,025 1,125 880 20 2,235 1,259 936 (1) 2,418 1,440 953 (1) 2,245 1,294 919 (1) 2,163 1,220 929 (1) 2,190 1,246 912 (1) 2,161 1,234 896 (1) Nonagricultural industries ......................................................... Wage and salary workers ....................................................... Government .......................................................................... Private industries .................................................................. Private households ............................................................. Other industries .................................................................. Self-employed workers ........................................................... Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 134,676 125,588 19,573 106,015 676 105,339 8,985 102 135,428 126,122 19,791 106,331 791 105,540 9,196 111 135,666 126,595 20,137 106,458 767 105,691 8,955 116 135,054 125,783 19,390 106,383 (1) 105,690 9,201 (1) 136,172 126,466 19,609 106,876 (1) 106,129 9,541 (1) 136,180 126,661 19,694 107,110 (1) 106,382 9,477 (1) 136,306 126,664 19,681 107,019 (1) 106,204 9,501 (1) 136,166 126,572 19,497 107,008 (1) 106,173 9,498 (1) 136,122 126,811 19,936 106,833 (1) 106,035 9,210 (1) All industries: Part time for economic reasons .............................................. Slack work or business conditions ........................................ Could only find part-time work .............................................. Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 4,784 3,263 1,203 19,555 4,764 3,098 1,429 19,653 4,868 3,163 1,430 19,616 4,662 3,100 1,213 18,928 4,880 3,226 1,350 19,110 4,788 3,205 1,295 18,561 4,714 2,996 1,380 18,905 4,437 2,865 1,347 18,900 4,733 3,011 1,427 19,006 Nonagricultural industries: Part time for economic reasons .............................................. Slack work or business conditions ........................................ Could only find part-time work .............................................. Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 4,672 3,199 1,200 19,158 4,655 3,032 1,421 19,327 4,750 3,081 1,423 19,276 4,550 3,028 1,193 18,580 4,782 3,153 1,353 18,752 4,727 3,144 1,279 18,367 4,613 2,911 1,399 18,636 4,328 2,778 1,340 18,691 4,622 2,927 1,414 18,693 PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME 2 1 2 Data not available. Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week for reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial dispute. Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad weather. NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-6. Selected employment indicators (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Characteristic Mar. 2003 Feb. 2004 Mar. 2004 Mar. 2003 Nov. 2003 Dec. 2003 Jan. 2004 Feb. 2004 Mar. 2004 Total, 16 years and over ........................................................... 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 20 years and over ................................................................... 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 25 years and over ................................................................. 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 55 years and over ............................................................... 136,783 5,512 2,053 3,459 131,272 13,197 118,075 97,030 30,314 34,952 31,764 21,044 137,384 5,475 2,079 3,395 131,909 13,366 118,543 96,644 29,972 34,403 32,269 21,899 137,691 5,402 1,944 3,459 132,289 13,350 118,939 96,855 30,163 34,460 32,232 22,084 137,300 5,868 2,298 3,588 131,432 13,456 117,949 97,019 30,416 34,910 31,693 20,930 138,533 5,972 2,361 3,592 132,561 13,371 119,106 97,422 30,389 34,909 32,125 21,683 138,479 5,859 2,292 3,562 132,620 13,413 119,168 97,436 30,340 34,819 32,277 21,732 138,566 5,977 2,367 3,605 132,589 13,609 118,930 97,161 30,326 34,506 32,328 21,769 138,301 5,875 2,330 3,573 132,426 13,582 118,869 96,982 30,178 34,486 32,319 21,886 138,298 5,797 2,191 3,590 132,501 13,602 118,832 96,871 30,260 34,425 32,186 21,961 Men, 16 years and over ............................................................ 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 20 years and over ................................................................... 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 25 years and over ................................................................. 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 55 years and over ............................................................... 72,304 2,625 944 1,681 69,679 6,970 62,709 51,548 16,474 18,627 16,447 11,161 73,003 2,685 957 1,728 70,318 7,007 63,311 51,681 16,382 18,529 16,770 11,630 73,244 2,658 871 1,787 70,586 7,027 63,559 51,795 16,522 18,529 16,743 11,764 73,015 2,801 1,068 1,749 70,213 7,165 63,033 51,856 16,650 18,723 16,483 11,176 73,915 2,951 1,189 1,779 70,964 7,050 63,876 52,293 16,747 18,844 16,702 11,583 74,085 2,986 1,153 1,817 71,099 7,048 64,061 52,441 16,740 18,857 16,843 11,620 74,343 3,014 1,157 1,862 71,329 7,198 64,167 52,416 16,773 18,712 16,931 11,751 73,901 2,931 1,105 1,850 70,969 7,155 63,903 52,179 16,608 18,683 16,889 11,724 74,006 2,878 999 1,858 71,128 7,202 63,879 52,107 16,693 18,632 16,781 11,772 Women, 16 years and over ...................................................... 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 20 years and over ................................................................... 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 25 years and over ................................................................. 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 55 years and over ............................................................... 64,479 2,887 1,109 1,778 61,592 6,226 55,366 45,482 13,840 16,325 15,318 9,884 64,381 2,790 1,122 1,667 61,592 6,360 55,232 44,963 13,591 15,873 15,499 10,269 64,447 2,744 1,073 1,671 61,703 6,322 55,380 45,061 13,641 15,931 15,488 10,320 64,285 3,066 1,231 1,839 61,219 6,290 54,916 45,163 13,766 16,188 15,209 9,753 64,618 3,021 1,172 1,813 61,597 6,321 55,230 45,130 13,642 16,065 15,423 10,100 64,394 2,873 1,139 1,745 61,521 6,365 55,107 44,996 13,599 15,962 15,434 10,112 64,223 2,963 1,210 1,743 61,260 6,411 54,763 44,745 13,554 15,794 15,397 10,018 64,400 2,944 1,225 1,723 61,456 6,427 54,966 44,803 13,570 15,803 15,430 10,162 64,292 2,919 1,192 1,732 61,373 6,400 54,953 44,764 13,566 15,793 15,405 10,189 Married men, spouse present ................................................... Married women, spouse present .............................................. Women who maintain families .................................................. 44,146 34,891 8,511 44,843 34,681 8,666 44,793 34,533 8,768 44,381 34,527 (1) 45,152 35,076 (1) 45,431 35,034 (1) 45,490 34,585 (1) 45,128 34,502 (1) 45,043 34,256 (1) Full-time workers 2 ................................................................... Part-time workers 3 ................................................................... 111,936 24,847 112,692 24,692 112,756 24,935 113,091 24,144 114,024 24,569 114,597 24,023 113,976 24,306 114,037 24,081 113,951 24,273 1 2 Data not available. Employed full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week. 3 Employed part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per week. NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-7. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted Characteristic Number of unemployed persons (in thousands) Unemployment rates 1 Mar. 2003 Feb. 2004 Mar. 2004 Mar. 2003 Nov. 2003 Dec. 2003 Jan. 2004 Feb. 2004 Mar. 2004 Total, 16 years and over ........................................................... 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 20 years and over ................................................................... 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 25 years and over ................................................................. 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 55 years and over ............................................................... 8,519 1,252 476 758 7,266 1,335 5,909 5,097 1,876 1,762 1,459 857 8,170 1,170 497 663 7,000 1,421 5,595 4,732 1,802 1,631 1,299 859 8,352 1,148 529 608 7,204 1,437 5,758 4,953 1,895 1,712 1,346 859 5.8 17.6 17.2 17.4 5.2 9.0 4.8 5.0 5.8 4.8 4.4 3.9 5.9 15.7 17.5 14.7 5.4 10.4 4.8 5.0 6.2 4.9 4.0 3.9 5.7 16.1 18.3 14.7 5.2 9.6 4.7 4.9 6.0 4.8 4.0 3.9 5.6 16.7 18.2 15.7 5.1 9.8 4.5 4.7 5.7 4.5 4.0 3.7 5.6 16.6 17.6 15.7 5.0 9.5 4.5 4.7 5.6 4.5 3.9 3.8 5.7 16.5 19.4 14.5 5.2 9.6 4.6 4.9 5.9 4.7 4.0 3.8 Men, 16 years and over ............................................................ 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 20 years and over ................................................................... 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 25 years and over ................................................................. 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 55 years and over ............................................................... 4,716 720 243 457 3,995 703 3,287 2,782 1,017 963 803 505 4,436 609 266 344 3,828 794 3,045 2,598 1,060 880 658 448 4,536 646 287 349 3,890 809 3,100 2,632 1,048 904 680 468 6.1 20.5 18.5 20.7 5.4 8.9 5.0 5.1 5.8 4.9 4.6 4.3 6.2 18.3 18.3 18.1 5.6 11.2 5.0 5.2 6.3 4.9 4.4 4.1 5.8 17.4 18.4 16.9 5.3 10.4 4.7 4.9 5.9 4.6 4.1 4.0 5.7 17.5 19.3 16.2 5.1 10.5 4.5 4.7 5.6 4.4 4.0 3.6 5.7 17.2 19.4 15.7 5.1 10.0 4.5 4.7 6.0 4.5 3.8 3.7 5.8 18.3 22.3 15.8 5.2 10.1 4.6 4.8 5.9 4.6 3.9 3.8 Women, 16 years and over ...................................................... 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 20 years and over ................................................................... 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 25 years and over ................................................................. 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 55 years and over 2 ............................................................ 3,803 532 233 301 3,271 632 2,622 2,315 860 799 657 339 3,734 561 231 319 3,172 627 2,550 2,134 742 751 641 415 3,816 502 242 259 3,314 628 2,658 2,321 847 808 666 372 5.6 14.8 15.9 14.1 5.1 9.1 4.6 4.9 5.9 4.7 4.1 3.3 5.5 13.0 16.6 11.1 5.1 9.6 4.6 4.8 6.0 4.9 3.7 3.5 5.6 14.7 18.2 12.2 5.1 8.8 4.6 5.0 6.1 5.0 3.9 3.5 5.6 15.9 17.1 15.2 5.0 8.9 4.6 4.8 5.9 4.6 4.0 4.1 5.5 16.0 15.9 15.6 4.9 8.9 4.4 4.5 5.2 4.5 4.0 3.9 5.6 14.7 16.9 13.0 5.1 8.9 4.6 4.9 5.9 4.9 4.1 3.5 Married men, spouse present ................................................... Married women, spouse present .............................................. Women who maintain families 2 ............................................... 1,743 1,328 782 1,579 1,290 766 1,509 1,311 800 3.8 3.7 8.4 3.7 3.8 8.3 3.3 3.9 8.4 3.3 3.7 8.3 3.4 3.6 8.1 3.2 3.7 8.4 Full-time workers 3 ................................................................... Part-time workers 4 ................................................................... 7,123 1,398 6,816 1,308 6,961 1,376 5.9 5.5 6.1 5.1 5.8 5.3 5.7 5.4 5.6 5.2 5.8 5.4 1 2 3 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force. Not seasonally adjusted. Full-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work full time (35 hours or more per week) or are on layoff from full-time jobs. 4 Part-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work part time (less than 35 hours per week) or are on layoff from part-time jobs. NOTE: Detail shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-8. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Reason Mar. 2003 Feb. 2004 Mar. 2004 Mar. 2003 Nov. 2003 Dec. 2003 Jan. 2004 Feb. 2004 Mar. 2004 5,150 1,402 3,749 2,837 912 828 2,478 561 4,888 1,450 3,438 2,629 809 841 2,491 550 4,920 1,266 3,654 2,784 870 866 2,491 556 4,774 1,151 3,623 (1) (1) 802 2,410 620 4,719 1,055 3,664 (1) (1) 931 2,440 619 4,618 1,060 3,558 (1) (1) 783 2,366 694 4,382 1,028 3,353 (1) (1) 804 2,509 681 4,323 1,064 3,258 (1) (1) 827 2,424 676 4,607 1,040 3,567 (1) (1) 836 2,424 627 100.0 57.1 15.5 41.6 9.2 27.5 6.2 100.0 55.7 16.5 39.2 9.6 28.4 6.3 100.0 55.7 14.3 41.4 9.8 28.2 6.3 100.0 55.5 13.4 42.1 9.3 28.0 7.2 100.0 54.2 12.1 42.1 10.7 28.0 7.1 100.0 54.6 12.5 42.0 9.3 28.0 8.2 100.0 52.3 12.3 40.0 9.6 30.0 8.1 100.0 52.4 12.9 39.5 10.0 29.4 8.2 100.0 54.2 12.2 42.0 9.8 28.5 7.4 3.5 .6 1.7 .4 3.3 .6 1.7 .4 3.4 .6 1.7 .4 3.3 .5 1.7 .4 3.2 .6 1.7 .4 3.1 .5 1.6 .5 3.0 .5 1.7 .5 3.0 .6 1.7 .5 3.1 .6 1.7 .4 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs .......... On temporary layoff ................................................................ Not on temporary layoff .......................................................... Permanent job losers ............................................................ Persons who completed temporary jobs .............................. Job leavers ............................................................................... Reentrants ................................................................................ New entrants ............................................................................ PERCENT DISTRIBUTION Total unemployed ..................................................................... Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ......... On temporary layoff ............................................................... Not on temporary layoff ......................................................... Job leavers .............................................................................. Reentrants ............................................................................... New entrants ........................................................................... UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ......... Job leavers .............................................................................. Reentrants ............................................................................... New entrants ........................................................................... 1 Data not available. NOTE: Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. Table A-9. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Duration Mar. 2003 Feb. 2004 Mar. 2004 Mar. 2003 Nov. 2003 Dec. 2003 Jan. 2004 Feb. 2004 Mar. 2004 Less than 5 weeks .................................................................... 5 to 14 weeks ........................................................................... 15 weeks and over ................................................................... 15 to 26 weeks ...................................................................... 27 weeks and over ................................................................ 2,595 2,825 3,598 1,703 1,896 2,318 2,912 3,540 1,605 1,935 2,413 2,666 3,754 1,683 2,071 2,788 2,531 3,168 1,340 1,829 2,622 2,556 3,484 1,448 2,036 2,627 2,450 3,403 1,513 1,890 2,612 2,394 3,365 1,467 1,898 2,468 2,412 3,274 1,403 1,871 2,589 2,414 3,320 1,332 1,988 Average (mean) duration, in weeks .......................................... Median duration, in weeks ........................................................ 18.9 11.2 20.3 10.9 20.8 11.8 18.1 9.7 20.0 10.4 19.6 10.4 19.8 10.7 20.3 10.3 20.1 10.3 100.0 28.8 31.3 39.9 18.9 21.0 100.0 26.4 33.2 40.4 18.3 22.1 100.0 27.3 30.2 42.5 19.1 23.4 100.0 32.8 29.8 37.3 15.8 21.5 100.0 30.3 29.5 40.2 16.7 23.5 100.0 31.0 28.9 40.1 17.8 22.3 100.0 31.2 28.6 40.2 17.5 22.7 100.0 30.3 29.6 40.2 17.2 22.9 100.0 31.1 29.0 39.9 16.0 23.9 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED PERCENT DISTRIBUTION Total unemployed ..................................................................... Less than 5 weeks .................................................................. 5 to 14 weeks ......................................................................... 15 weeks and over ................................................................. 15 to 26 weeks ..................................................................... 27 weeks and over ............................................................... NOTE: Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-10. Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Employed Unemployment rates Unemployed Occupation Total, 16 years and over 1 .......................................................................... Management, professional, and related occupations ............................... Management, business, and financial operations occupations ............ Professional and related occupations ........................................................ Service occupations .......................................................................................... Sales and office occupations .......................................................................... Sales and related occupations ..................................................................... Office and administrative support occupations ........................................ Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations ........... Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ............................................... Construction and extraction occupations ................................................... Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................. Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ................ Production occupations .................................................................................. Transportation and material moving occupations .................................... Mar. 2003 Mar. 2004 136,783 48,383 20,263 28,120 21,719 35,397 15,811 19,586 13,419 959 7,472 4,988 17,865 9,556 8,310 137,691 48,810 20,228 28,582 22,102 35,018 15,711 19,307 13,908 858 7,979 5,071 17,853 9,484 8,369 Mar. 2003 9,018 1,458 643 815 1,850 2,000 961 1,039 1,441 155 988 298 1,675 852 824 Mar. 2004 Mar. 2003 8,834 1,340 550 791 1,770 2,215 1,034 1,181 1,469 187 1,003 279 1,464 750 714 Mar. 2004 6.2 2.9 3.1 2.8 7.9 5.3 5.7 5.0 9.7 13.9 11.7 5.6 8.6 8.2 9.0 6.0 2.7 2.6 2.7 7.4 5.9 6.2 5.8 9.6 17.9 11.2 5.2 7.6 7.3 7.9 1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total. NOTE: Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. Table A-11. Unemployed persons by industry, not seasonally adjusted Number of unemployed persons (in thousands) Industry Total, 16 years and over 1 ....................................................................... Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers ...................................... Mining ................................................................................................................. Construction ...................................................................................................... Manufacturing ................................................................................................... Durable goods ................................................................................................ Nondurable goods ......................................................................................... Wholesale and retail trade ............................................................................ Transportation and utilities ............................................................................ Information ........................................................................................................ Financial activities ........................................................................................... Professional and business services ............................................................ Education and health services ..................................................................... Leisure and hospitality ................................................................................... Other services .................................................................................................. Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers ........................ Government workers ......................................................................................... Self employed and unpaid family workers ................................................... Unemployment rates Mar. 2003 Mar. 2004 9,018 7,490 46 987 1,222 743 479 1,179 319 267 357 1,190 518 1,035 370 161 526 279 8,834 7,334 22 1,011 1,083 676 408 1,386 284 216 343 999 584 1,039 366 153 530 260 1 Persons with no previous work experience are included in the unemployed total. NOTE: Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. Mar. 2003 6.2 6.6 8.2 11.8 6.8 6.7 7.0 5.9 5.9 7.4 4.0 9.1 2.9 8.9 6.1 12.9 2.6 2.7 Mar. 2004 6.0 6.4 4.4 11.3 6.3 6.4 6.1 6.8 5.4 6.3 3.7 7.9 3.2 9.0 5.9 12.7 2.6 2.5 HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-12. Alternative measures of labor underutilization (Percent) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Measure Mar. 2003 Feb. 2004 Mar. 2004 Mar. 2003 Nov. 2003 Dec. 2003 Jan. 2004 Feb. 2004 Mar. 2004 U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force .............. 2.5 2.4 2.6 2.2 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.3 U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force ...................................................................................................................................... 3.5 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.1 U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official unemployment rate) ...................................................................................................................................... 6.2 6.0 6.0 5.8 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.7 U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers ............................................................................................................ 6.5 6.3 6.4 6.1 6.2 6.0 5.9 5.9 6.0 U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all other marginally attached workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers ................................................................................................................. 7.2 7.1 7.1 6.8 6.8 6.7 6.7 6.7 6.7 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 ........................................................................................... 10.4 10.3 10.4 10.0 10.1 9.9 9.9 9.6 9.9 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. Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. NOTE: Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for a job. Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but Table A-13. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Total Men Women Category Mar. 2003 Mar. 2004 Mar. 2003 Mar. 2004 Mar. 2003 Mar. 2004 74,516 4,763 1,577 76,025 4,667 1,643 28,473 2,224 831 28,998 2,145 879 46,043 2,539 745 47,028 2,522 764 474 1,103 514 1,130 313 518 336 543 160 585 177 587 Total multiple jobholders 4 ............................................................................ Percent of total employed ......................................................................... 7,385 5.4 7,377 5.4 3,771 5.2 3,702 5.1 3,613 5.6 3,675 5.7 Primary job full time, secondary job part time ........................................... Primary and secondary jobs both part time .............................................. Primary and secondary jobs both full time ................................................ Hours vary on primary or secondary job ................................................... 3,954 1,691 321 1,379 3,921 1,710 318 1,399 2,214 523 207 798 2,182 560 195 751 1,740 1,168 114 581 1,739 1,151 123 648 NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE Total not in the labor force ............................................................................ Persons who currently want a job ............................................................... Searched for work and available to work now 1 ..................................... Reason not currently looking: Discouragement over job prospects 2 ......................................... Reasons other than discouragement 3 ........................................ MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS 1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the reference week. 2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of discrimination. 3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as school or family responsibilities, ill health, and transportation problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined. 4 Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately. NOTE: Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Industry Mar. 2003 Jan. 2004 Feb. 2004p Seasonally adjusted Mar. 2004p Mar. 2003 Nov. 2003 Dec. 2003 Jan. 2004 Feb. 2004p Mar. 2004p Change from: Feb. 2004Mar. 2004 p Total nonfarm ............................. 129,148 128,190 128,794 129,801 129,921 130,027 130,035 130,194 130,240 130,548 308 Total private ........................................ 107,131 106,767 106,968 107,816 108,305 108,483 108,491 108,667 108,698 108,975 277 Goods-producing ............................................ 21,529 21,168 21,126 21,335 21,949 21,686 21,668 21,696 21,672 21,750 78 Natural resources and mining .................................. Logging ............................................................ Mining .................................................................... Oil and gas extraction ........................................ Mining, except oil and gas 1................................. Coal mining ...................................................... Support activities for mining .............................. 556 64.2 491.5 119.8 196.4 70.5 175.3 556 62.9 492.9 126.8 191.7 69.2 174.4 556 62.1 494.0 128.5 191.1 69.4 174.4 563 62.0 501.2 128.4 196.3 70.0 176.5 571 69.2 501.6 121.2 201.9 70.7 178.5 571 67.6 503.4 123.9 202.4 69.5 177.1 570 65.9 504.3 124.6 202.0 69.8 177.7 570 65.1 505.1 126.9 200.0 69.6 178.2 571 64.2 506.5 128.4 199.8 69.9 178.3 578 66.7 510.8 129.2 201.8 70.2 179.8 7 2.5 4.3 .8 2.0 .3 1.5 Construction ............................................................. 6,319 Construction of buildings ................................... 1,510.6 Heavy and civil engineering construction ......... 811.6 Specialty trade contractors ................................ 3,997.0 6,399 1,535.2 816.6 4,046.9 6,356 1,524.0 806.8 4,025.0 6,516 1,550.5 840.4 4,124.7 6,661 1,571.4 898.1 4,191.3 6,771 1,583.9 918.8 4,268.6 6,774 1,585.1 920.7 4,268.4 6,812 1,593.3 928.0 4,290.2 6,791 1,591.4 923.9 4,276.0 6,862 1,610.0 925.9 4,325.9 71 18.6 2.0 49.9 Manufacturing ........................................................... Production workers ....................................... 14,654 10,303 14,213 9,952 14,214 9,953 14,256 9,991 14,717 10,346 14,344 10,048 14,324 10,044 14,314 10,035 14,310 10,027 14,310 10,024 0 -3 Durable goods ....................................................... Production workers ....................................... Wood products ................................................... Nonmetallic mineral products ............................ Primary metals .................................................... Fabricated metal products ................................. Machinery ........................................................... Computer and electronic products 1.................... Computer and peripheral equipment ............. Communications equipment ........................... Semiconductors and electronic components . Electronic instruments ..................................... Electrical equipment and appliances ................ Transportation equipment .................................. Furniture and related products .......................... Miscellaneous manufacturing ............................ 9,066 6,232 528.5 485.9 488.8 1,492.0 1,171.1 1,387.0 231.4 160.2 472.0 434.2 469.6 1,792.1 580.6 670.1 8,818 6,040 526.0 475.7 462.2 1,469.2 1,137.3 1,331.2 218.2 154.8 449.3 424.4 449.0 1,753.4 567.0 646.9 8,835 6,049 528.9 471.0 460.8 1,473.3 1,140.3 1,331.6 218.2 155.2 450.9 422.0 448.6 1,762.4 567.8 650.3 8,864 6,074 529.9 480.5 461.0 1,475.6 1,143.8 1,333.9 219.0 154.7 451.5 423.3 448.3 1,765.7 573.6 652.0 9,092 6,244 537.4 497.1 489.3 1,494.5 1,169.3 1,388.6 231.3 160.6 472.2 434.9 469.3 1,793.6 581.9 670.9 8,874 6,089 536.3 489.7 464.1 1,468.1 1,142.5 1,334.4 219.1 154.4 451.2 425.2 450.9 1,766.5 568.9 652.7 8,868 6,079 536.6 487.5 464.6 1,471.2 1,140.4 1,332.2 217.8 153.0 451.3 425.3 451.2 1,762.7 569.3 651.9 8,869 6,081 536.3 492.7 462.2 1,471.8 1,138.7 1,333.2 219.4 154.8 450.2 423.7 449.8 1,760.6 571.3 652.0 8,877 6,081 538.5 488.6 461.5 1,475.9 1,139.5 1,332.9 219.1 155.0 451.1 422.1 448.9 1,765.8 572.1 653.3 8,882 6,080 538.5 490.0 460.7 1,476.7 1,141.6 1,334.2 218.9 155.0 451.2 423.5 447.0 1,765.2 575.5 652.4 5 -1 .0 1.4 -.8 .8 2.1 1.3 -.2 .0 .1 1.4 -1.9 -.6 3.4 -.9 Nondurable goods ................................................. 5,588 Production workers ....................................... 4,071 Food manufacturing ........................................... 1,493.2 Beverages and tobacco products ...................... 197.5 Textile mills ......................................................... 274.6 Textile product mills ........................................... 186.3 Apparel ................................................................ 326.9 Leather and allied products ............................... 46.7 Paper and paper products ................................. 522.1 Printing and related support activities ............... 684.6 Petroleum and coal products ............................. 114.4 Chemicals ........................................................... 916.1 Plastics and rubber products ............................. 825.6 5,395 3,912 1,480.1 193.5 237.5 174.3 289.9 43.8 508.4 665.2 110.7 890.3 801.2 5,379 3,904 1,472.1 190.2 235.1 173.4 293.5 44.3 505.2 661.1 109.5 893.6 801.4 5,392 3,917 1,470.9 190.5 238.0 177.7 293.6 46.1 504.9 659.8 110.9 895.6 803.8 5,625 4,102 1,517.3 202.2 274.2 187.2 326.8 46.8 525.0 685.7 116.8 916.2 826.9 5,470 3,959 1,508.3 198.3 245.1 175.2 297.7 44.1 511.7 673.1 112.0 897.6 806.5 5,456 3,965 1,506.3 198.3 241.0 174.3 297.7 44.3 510.3 670.1 112.4 895.9 805.8 5,445 3,954 1,500.7 197.7 239.2 176.9 296.1 44.6 509.8 667.6 114.3 893.7 804.8 5,433 3,946 1,499.6 195.9 237.1 175.7 296.4 45.0 507.8 664.3 113.0 894.6 803.5 5,428 3,944 1,498.4 195.6 237.2 177.2 292.8 45.7 507.7 660.7 113.0 894.8 804.5 -5 -2 -1.2 -.3 .1 1.5 -3.6 .7 -.1 -3.6 .0 .2 1.0 Service-providing ............................................ 107,619 107,022 107,668 108,466 107,972 108,341 108,367 108,498 108,568 108,798 230 Private service-providing ............................ 85,602 85,599 85,842 86,481 86,356 86,797 86,823 86,971 87,026 87,225 199 Trade, transportation, and utilities ........................... 24,994 25,132 24,951 25,084 25,328 25,261 25,211 25,312 25,325 25,398 73 Wholesale trade .................................................... 5,598.2 Durable goods .................................................... 2,948.5 Nondurable goods .............................................. 1,997.6 Electronic markets and agents and brokers ..... 652.1 5,568.8 2,940.0 1,970.0 658.8 5,568.9 2,937.3 1,971.3 660.3 5,596.0 2,950.3 1,980.9 664.8 5,628.3 2,961.2 2,013.0 654.1 5,592.7 2,943.9 1,989.2 659.6 5,598.4 2,945.8 1,991.8 660.8 5,611.4 2,954.9 1,993.7 662.8 5,610.1 2,952.7 1,993.6 663.8 5,621.0 2,961.1 1,993.4 666.5 10.9 8.4 -.2 2.7 See footnotes at end of table. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail Continued (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Industry Mar. 2003 Jan. 2004 Feb. 2004p Seasonally adjusted Mar. 2004p Mar. 2003 Nov. 2003 Dec. 2003 Jan. 2004 Feb. 2004p Mar. 2004p Change from: Feb. 2004Mar. 2004 p Retail trade ............................................................ 14,648.1 14,842.1 14,672.4 14,754.0 14,911.6 14,921.7 14,876.0 14,944.8 14,960.9 15,008.0 Motor vehicle and parts dealers 1........................ 1,861.1 1,870.2 1,877.7 1,894.4 1,874.3 1,892.9 1,893.7 1,895.4 1,900.7 1,907.5 Automobile dealers ......................................... 1,246.4 1,251.7 1,257.0 1,263.7 1,249.4 1,258.9 1,259.5 1,261.3 1,264.3 1,267.3 Furniture and home furnishings stores ............. 540.2 548.0 540.5 542.2 543.5 544.8 547.2 546.4 544.7 545.6 Electronics and appliance stores ....................... 510.9 517.5 508.0 507.8 513.2 512.8 511.9 509.3 507.4 509.4 Building material and garden supply stores ...... 1,143.2 1,167.6 1,164.8 1,200.4 1,173.7 1,210.0 1,209.5 1,221.4 1,226.8 1,231.9 Food and beverage stores ................................. 2,818.0 2,813.6 2,804.8 2,814.5 2,854.0 2,821.4 2,813.9 2,826.3 2,833.1 2,845.9 Health and personal care stores ....................... 930.8 956.2 950.9 949.9 937.3 951.6 952.6 954.1 954.9 956.4 Gasoline stations ................................................ 871.3 868.2 860.5 861.6 881.7 875.2 871.1 875.1 872.1 871.7 Clothing and clothing accessories stores ......... 1,260.7 1,312.2 1,274.3 1,281.5 1,296.8 1,297.1 1,301.0 1,304.3 1,310.7 1,316.5 Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores................................................................ 634.9 644.4 623.2 617.3 651.2 641.3 633.2 635.9 635.3 632.7 General merchandise stores 1............................. 2,733.7 2,804.2 2,728.9 2,752.5 2,815.8 2,826.4 2,793.4 2,822.7 2,823.2 2,834.0 Department stores .......................................... 1,575.4 1,604.8 1,544.7 1,555.8 1,628.8 1,612.6 1,601.3 1,603.4 1,600.7 1,608.0 Miscellaneous store retailers ............................. 918.2 915.2 915.6 910.9 939.2 930.9 924.4 929.6 926.6 930.4 Nonstore retailers ............................................... 425.1 424.8 423.2 421.0 430.9 417.3 424.1 424.3 425.4 426.0 47.1 6.8 3.0 .9 2.0 5.1 12.8 1.5 -.4 5.8 Transportation and warehousing .......................... 4,165.8 Air transportation ................................................ 545.2 Rail transportation .............................................. 213.2 Water transportation ........................................... 52.0 Truck transportation ........................................... 1,303.5 Transit and ground passenger transportation ... 390.9 Pipeline transportation ....................................... 40.8 Scenic and sightseeing transportation .............. 21.5 Support activities for transportation ................... 513.8 Couriers and messengers .................................. 565.5 Warehousing and storage .................................. 519.4 -2.6 10.8 7.3 3.8 .6 4,143.3 505.9 214.0 48.8 1,315.4 389.8 38.3 23.7 509.3 572.1 526.0 4,132.8 506.9 213.8 46.5 1,312.0 389.7 37.9 24.3 511.6 565.2 524.9 4,154.4 511.9 214.5 47.6 1,318.2 392.5 37.7 25.6 512.5 565.2 528.7 4,204.3 550.5 214.7 53.4 1,329.0 376.4 41.0 26.5 518.5 570.8 523.5 4,168.0 511.5 215.5 50.9 1,335.7 385.7 38.7 28.7 512.4 564.7 524.2 4,157.0 512.9 215.5 50.0 1,338.7 385.0 38.8 29.4 511.6 559.0 516.1 4,175.9 510.2 215.4 50.6 1,343.6 382.3 38.3 28.7 514.1 566.9 525.8 4,174.6 511.8 215.7 48.8 1,342.3 380.4 38.1 30.8 514.4 567.6 524.7 4,187.8 514.4 215.9 49.0 1,342.9 379.1 37.9 31.7 516.8 568.3 531.8 13.2 2.6 .2 .2 .6 -1.3 -.2 .9 2.4 .7 7.1 581.4 578.2 576.9 579.7 583.4 578.9 579.3 580.2 579.8 581.4 1.6 Information ................................................................ 3,214 Publishing industries, except Internet ............... 935.0 Motion picture and sound recording industries . 367.0 Broadcasting, except Internet ............................ 326.3 Internet publishing and broadcasting ................ 30.0 Telecommunications .......................................... 1,097.0 ISPs, search portals, and data processing ....... 410.3 Other information services ................................. 48.3 3,151 912.1 377.2 328.4 30.4 1,059.0 396.8 47.3 3,155 912.9 377.6 330.7 31.7 1,055.3 400.1 47.1 3,158 914.1 376.0 332.8 31.8 1,053.1 402.5 47.9 3,221 935.9 371.3 327.0 30.1 1,098.6 409.6 48.1 3,172 918.4 382.7 327.0 30.4 1,062.2 402.6 48.2 3,175 917.4 385.2 329.5 30.4 1,061.2 402.6 48.2 3,163 914.0 379.7 329.7 30.8 1,061.3 400.1 47.8 3,168 914.8 382.8 331.8 31.8 1,057.4 402.1 47.5 3,167 915.5 381.1 333.1 31.8 1,055.4 402.6 47.9 -1 .7 -1.7 1.3 .0 -2.0 .5 .4 Financial activities .................................................... Finance and insurance .......................................... Monetary authorities - central bank ................... Credit intermediation and related activities 1....... Depository credit intermediation 1..................... Commercial banking .................................... Securities, commodity contracts, investments .. Insurance carriers and related activities ........... Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles ........ Real estate and rental and leasing ....................... Real estate .......................................................... Rental and leasing services ............................... Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets ......... 7,910 5,895.4 22.8 2,758.3 1,741.4 1,275.5 761.0 2,270.0 83.3 2,014.2 1,360.7 627.1 26.4 7,926 5,899.8 22.4 2,777.4 1,758.2 1,279.5 771.9 2,248.8 79.3 2,025.8 1,372.2 624.4 29.2 7,938 5,910.9 22.3 2,778.5 1,758.5 1,278.6 776.6 2,253.7 79.8 2,027.2 1,376.9 620.3 30.0 7,956 5,921.6 22.3 2,790.4 1,759.6 1,278.8 777.4 2,251.7 79.8 2,034.5 1,384.3 620.6 29.6 7,945 5,902.9 22.9 2,763.5 1,745.0 1,279.1 764.6 2,268.5 83.4 2,041.7 1,376.8 637.9 27.0 7,985 5,922.7 22.5 2,790.3 1,758.1 1,280.5 769.1 2,261.2 79.6 2,062.7 1,394.5 639.0 29.2 7,981 5,916.5 22.5 2,783.3 1,757.1 1,278.9 771.9 2,258.1 80.7 2,064.0 1,395.7 638.3 30.0 7,981 5,917.1 22.4 2,785.3 1,758.7 1,280.4 773.8 2,255.8 79.8 2,063.6 1,397.7 636.0 29.9 7,989 5,925.2 22.4 2,788.7 1,763.4 1,282.5 778.0 2,256.4 79.7 2,064.1 1,399.3 634.4 30.4 7,995 5,931.8 22.4 2,799.2 1,763.6 1,282.7 780.1 2,250.4 79.7 2,063.0 1,400.3 632.3 30.4 6 6.6 .0 10.5 .2 .2 2.1 -6.0 .0 -1.1 1.0 -2.1 .0 Professional and business services ........................ Professional and technical services 1..................... Legal services .................................................. Accounting and bookkeeping services ........... Architectural and engineering services .......... Computer systems design and related services.......................................................... Management and technical consulting services.......................................................... 15,700 6,697.1 1,130.9 935.2 1,212.1 15,802 6,680.5 1,131.0 900.4 1,216.2 15,897 6,732.7 1,132.4 944.1 1,215.6 16,039 6,757.1 1,131.6 928.2 1,226.9 15,871 6,626.1 1,136.1 827.7 1,228.7 16,114 6,647.9 1,142.9 810.6 1,233.9 16,159 6,669.3 1,140.5 826.6 1,235.2 16,172 6,657.9 1,138.7 815.2 1,236.0 16,185 6,662.0 1,138.6 812.6 1,238.8 16,227 6,689.2 1,137.4 819.0 1,244.0 42 27.2 -1.2 6.4 5.2 1,112.9 1,103.4 1,102.4 1,109.0 1,110.3 1,105.7 1,105.7 1,104.6 1,104.0 1,108.9 4.9 739.1 754.8 761.9 770.3 742.8 760.6 764.0 765.4 769.0 774.5 5.5 Utilities ................................................................... See footnotes at end of table. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail Continued (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Mar. 2003 Jan. 2004 Feb. 2004p Mar. 2004p Mar. 2003 Nov. 2003 Dec. 2003 Jan. 2004 Feb. 2004p Mar. 2004p Change from: Feb. 2004Mar. 2004 p 1,667.9 7,335.4 7,022.1 3,114.7 2,069.1 749.5 1,513.9 313.3 1,661.3 7,460.6 7,147.6 3,258.1 2,185.7 732.0 1,502.3 313.0 1,658.6 7,505.7 7,191.0 3,311.0 2,231.2 738.0 1,491.2 314.7 1,659.9 7,622.0 7,304.9 3,363.6 2,269.4 745.9 1,540.7 317.1 1,679.2 7,565.8 7,246.3 3,240.2 2,163.7 745.7 1,607.0 319.5 1,671.6 7,794.5 7,473.7 3,427.6 2,319.4 746.7 1,639.4 320.8 1,670.2 7,819.2 7,496.3 3,461.3 2,355.3 745.1 1,635.9 322.9 1,675.1 7,838.5 7,517.5 3,473.8 2,344.3 739.0 1,637.1 321.0 1,672.6 7,850.7 7,528.3 3,496.1 2,372.9 738.8 1,631.5 322.4 1,670.3 7,867.2 7,544.2 3,496.6 2,371.1 742.7 1,639.6 323.0 -2.3 16.5 15.9 .5 -1.8 3.9 8.1 .6 Education and health services ................................ 16,632 16,635 16,865 16,948 16,488 16,705 16,731 16,746 16,767 16,806 Educational services ............................................. 2,817.1 2,653.3 2,863.6 2,879.9 2,672.1 2,723.1 2,728.0 2,729.3 2,731.7 2,735.5 Health care and social assistance ........................ 13,814.7 13,982.0 14,001.7 14,068.2 13,815.9 13,981.5 14,003.2 14,017.1 14,034.9 14,070.4 Ambulatory health care services 1....................... 4,730.8 4,824.6 4,834.4 4,856.7 4,739.2 4,818.7 4,831.0 4,840.3 4,853.8 4,865.4 Offices of physicians ....................................... 1,987.1 2,028.7 2,028.9 2,038.9 1,990.7 2,023.3 2,030.0 2,032.3 2,033.9 2,042.4 Outpatient care centers ................................... 423.4 427.0 430.9 430.5 422.9 426.4 425.0 427.8 430.8 429.6 Home health care services ............................. 711.6 737.2 731.8 739.8 714.0 735.7 739.9 740.2 740.4 742.8 Hospitals ............................................................. 4,229.4 4,281.6 4,276.9 4,292.3 4,233.4 4,278.1 4,283.9 4,287.8 4,284.6 4,296.2 Nursing and residential care facilities 1............... 2,771.5 2,785.1 2,778.8 2,793.6 2,774.7 2,792.8 2,793.0 2,792.1 2,791.2 2,798.6 Nursing care facilities ...................................... 1,578.9 1,576.9 1,572.2 1,580.0 1,580.4 1,584.1 1,581.7 1,580.3 1,578.8 1,582.8 Social assistance1................................................ 2,083.0 2,090.7 2,111.6 2,125.6 2,068.6 2,091.9 2,095.3 2,096.9 2,105.3 2,110.2 Child day care services ................................... 771.1 770.7 783.9 788.9 756.4 766.3 770.0 766.3 772.1 773.1 39 3.8 35.5 11.6 8.5 -1.2 2.4 11.6 7.4 4.0 4.9 1.0 Leisure and hospitality ............................................. 11,769 11,634 11,701 11,925 12,107 12,178 12,192 12,218 12,221 12,249 Arts, entertainment, and recreation ...................... 1,665.2 1,596.3 1,608.9 1,660.5 1,807.8 1,799.4 1,795.2 1,801.4 1,799.5 1,800.7 Performing arts and spectator sports ................ 358.7 335.4 344.5 349.6 377.0 371.7 368.8 369.4 369.3 367.2 Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks ...... 109.2 105.2 104.5 108.1 114.8 113.3 113.1 113.4 113.2 113.5 Amusements, gambling, and recreation ........... 1,197.3 1,155.7 1,159.9 1,202.8 1,316.0 1,314.4 1,313.3 1,318.6 1,317.0 1,320.0 Accommodations and food services .................... 10,103.6 10,037.5 10,091.9 10,264.4 10,299.6 10,378.9 10,396.3 10,416.5 10,421.0 10,448.1 Accommodations ................................................ 1,725.0 1,659.5 1,671.1 1,692.5 1,786.7 1,751.7 1,763.0 1,752.1 1,749.4 1,749.2 Food services and drinking places .................... 8,378.6 8,378.0 8,420.8 8,571.9 8,512.9 8,627.2 8,633.3 8,664.4 8,671.6 8,698.9 28 1.2 -2.1 .3 3.0 27.1 -.2 27.3 Other services .......................................................... 5,383 Repair and maintenance .................................... 1,233.4 Personal and laundry services .......................... 1,253.7 Membership associations and organizations .... 2,896.1 5,319 1,223.3 1,234.5 2,861.4 5,335 1,223.9 1,231.6 2,879.2 5,371 1,235.0 1,247.2 2,888.9 5,396 1,233.3 1,262.2 2,900.2 5,382 1,234.4 1,254.1 2,893.9 5,374 1,228.5 1,250.2 2,895.7 5,379 1,233.5 1,251.2 2,894.5 5,371 1,229.7 1,247.7 2,893.8 5,383 1,234.9 1,255.7 2,892.8 12 5.2 8.0 -1.0 Government .............................................................. Federal ................................................................... Federal, except U.S. Postal Service ................. U.S. Postal Service ............................................ State government .................................................. State government education .............................. State government, excluding education ............ Local government .................................................. Local government education ............................. Local government, excluding education ........... 21,423 2,694 1,901.9 791.9 4,925 2,201.4 2,723.5 13,804 7,798.1 6,006.2 21,826 2,699 1,909.3 789.2 5,117 2,392.5 2,724.6 14,010 7,995.6 6,014.5 21,985 2,700 1,912.6 787.0 5,167 2,433.0 2,733.8 14,118 8,081.1 6,037.1 21,616 2,789 1,972.7 816.5 5,024 2,258.7 2,765.1 13,803 7,696.8 6,106.2 21,544 2,723 1,924.9 798.1 5,023 2,282.5 2,740.0 13,798 7,684.5 6,113.1 21,544 2,720 1,928.9 791.4 5,027 2,285.7 2,740.9 13,797 7,687.1 6,109.7 21,527 2,715 1,921.5 793.1 5,007 2,268.0 2,738.9 13,805 7,692.2 6,112.7 21,542 2,714 1,922.3 792.0 5,018 2,279.7 2,738.3 13,810 7,698.0 6,112.3 21,573 2,713 1,923.0 790.2 5,028 2,289.2 2,739.0 13,832 7,713.5 6,118.8 31 -1 .7 -1.8 10 9.5 .7 22 15.5 6.5 Industry Professional and business services--Continued Management of companies and enterprises ....... Administrative and waste services ....................... Administrative and support services 1................. Employment services 1...................................... Temporary help services ............................. Business support services .............................. Services to buildings and dwellings ............... Waste management and remediation services 1 Includes 22,017 2,774 1,961.3 813.1 5,164 2,404.8 2,758.8 14,079 8,055.2 6,023.6 other industries, not shown separately. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Mar. 2003 Jan. 2004 Feb. 2004p Mar. 2004p Mar. 2003 Nov. 2003 Dec. 2003 Jan. 2004 Feb. 2004p Mar. 2004p Change from: Feb. 2004Mar. 2004 p Total private ....................................... 33.7 33.3 33.8 33.5 33.8 33.8 33.6 33.8 33.8 33.7 -0.1 Goods-producing .......................................... 39.7 39.8 39.8 40.1 39.9 40.1 39.9 40.2 40.3 40.2 -.1 Natural resources and mining .............................. 43.7 43.6 43.4 43.8 44.2 43.9 43.6 44.5 44.0 44.1 .1 Construction ............................................................ 38.2 37.5 37.2 38.4 38.7 38.5 38.1 38.5 38.5 38.6 .1 Manufacturing ......................................................... Overtime hours ............................................ 40.3 4.0 40.7 4.4 40.8 4.3 40.8 4.5 40.4 4.1 40.8 4.5 40.6 4.5 41.0 4.5 41.0 4.6 40.9 4.6 -.1 .0 Durable goods ..................................................... Overtime hours ............................................ Wood products .................................................. Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... Primary metals .................................................. Fabricated metal products .............................. Machinery .......................................................... Computer and electronic products ................ Electrical equipment and appliances ............ Transportation equipment ............................... Furniture and related products ....................... Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 40.6 4.0 39.8 42.0 42.6 40.4 40.7 40.4 40.5 41.6 38.2 38.5 41.3 4.6 40.1 41.4 43.3 41.2 41.7 40.5 41.0 42.8 39.4 38.9 41.3 4.5 40.4 41.6 42.9 41.0 42.1 41.1 40.8 42.9 39.1 38.8 41.4 4.7 40.4 42.6 43.2 41.0 41.9 40.8 40.7 43.0 39.7 38.8 40.6 4.1 40.1 42.6 42.5 40.5 40.5 40.3 40.5 41.5 38.3 38.4 41.3 4.7 41.2 42.4 42.7 40.9 41.1 40.7 40.8 42.7 39.9 38.9 41.2 4.7 41.0 42.3 42.7 40.8 41.1 40.4 40.7 42.7 39.7 38.5 41.5 4.7 40.9 42.5 43.1 41.2 41.8 40.8 41.1 42.8 39.7 39.0 41.5 4.8 41.1 42.6 43.0 41.1 42.0 41.3 40.9 42.9 39.5 38.8 41.4 4.8 40.8 42.9 43.0 41.1 41.7 40.7 40.8 42.8 39.8 38.7 -.1 .0 -.3 .3 .0 .0 -.3 -.6 -.1 -.1 .3 -.1 Nondurable goods ............................................... Overtime hours ............................................ Food manufacturing ......................................... Beverages and tobacco products .................. Textile mills ........................................................ Textile product mills ......................................... Apparel ............................................................... Leather and allied products ............................ Paper and paper products .............................. Printing and related support activities ........... Petroleum and coal products .......................... Chemicals .......................................................... Plastics and rubber products .......................... 39.9 4.0 39.1 38.8 39.7 39.2 36.0 39.9 41.6 38.6 45.9 42.6 40.1 39.9 4.1 39.1 38.6 40.1 39.1 35.3 39.5 41.9 38.2 44.3 42.7 40.6 40.0 4.0 38.8 39.6 40.2 39.5 36.0 39.5 41.7 38.4 44.1 43.4 40.6 39.9 4.1 38.6 39.0 40.6 38.8 36.4 39.9 41.7 38.6 43.0 43.3 40.7 40.0 4.2 39.6 39.4 39.4 39.1 35.8 39.7 41.8 38.4 45.8 42.7 40.2 40.1 4.3 39.2 39.9 40.0 40.0 36.2 39.3 41.9 38.4 45.6 42.7 40.7 39.9 4.2 39.1 39.1 39.7 39.8 35.8 40.3 41.8 38.2 44.2 42.5 40.4 40.2 4.3 39.5 39.6 40.0 39.4 35.7 39.8 41.9 38.6 43.8 42.9 40.8 40.3 4.3 39.4 40.5 40.2 40.0 36.1 39.5 42.0 38.6 44.0 43.3 40.8 40.1 4.2 39.2 39.5 40.2 38.8 36.1 39.6 41.9 38.5 43.1 43.2 40.8 -.2 -.1 -.2 -1.0 .0 -1.2 .0 .1 -.1 -.1 -.9 -.1 .0 Private service-providing ............................. 32.4 31.9 32.5 32.1 32.4 32.4 32.2 32.4 32.4 32.3 -.1 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 33.4 32.9 33.5 33.2 33.6 33.6 33.5 33.6 33.6 33.5 -.1 Wholesale trade ................................................... 37.8 37.4 38.0 37.6 37.8 38.0 37.8 37.9 37.9 37.9 .0 Retail trade ........................................................... 30.6 30.2 30.6 30.4 30.9 30.9 30.8 31.0 30.9 30.8 -.1 Transportation and warehousing ...................... 36.6 36.3 37.0 36.6 36.7 37.0 36.7 36.9 37.2 36.9 -.3 Utilities ................................................................... 41.1 40.7 41.2 41.3 41.4 41.4 40.8 40.8 41.1 41.5 .4 Information ............................................................... 36.2 36.0 36.6 35.8 36.3 36.3 36.2 36.2 36.4 36.2 -.2 Financial activities .................................................. 36.0 35.3 36.1 35.3 35.6 35.5 35.3 35.7 35.6 35.6 .0 Professional and business services .................... 34.5 33.6 34.4 33.9 34.3 34.1 33.8 34.1 34.2 34.0 -.2 Education and health services ............................. 32.3 32.3 32.6 32.2 32.3 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.4 .0 Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 25.7 24.9 25.8 25.4 25.6 25.7 25.6 25.7 25.7 25.7 .0 Other services ......................................................... 31.5 30.9 31.2 30.9 31.6 31.2 31.0 31.1 31.1 31.1 .0 Industry 1 Data relate to production workers in natural resources and mining and manufacturing, construction workers in construction, and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail Average hourly earnings Industry Average weekly earnings Mar. 2003 Jan. 2004 Feb. 2004p Mar. 2004p Mar. 2003 Jan. 2004 Feb. 2004p Mar. 2004p Total private ....................................... Seasonally adjusted ..................... $15.31 15.27 $15.56 15.49 $15.60 15.52 $15.55 15.54 $515.95 516.13 $518.15 523.56 $527.28 524.58 $520.93 523.70 Goods-producing .......................................... 16.60 16.94 16.96 17.01 659.02 674.21 675.01 682.10 Natural resources and mining .............................. 17.50 18.00 18.05 18.15 764.75 784.80 783.37 794.97 Construction ............................................................ 18.74 19.01 19.09 19.08 715.87 712.88 710.15 732.67 Manufacturing ......................................................... 15.62 15.98 16.00 16.00 629.49 650.39 652.80 652.80 Durable goods ..................................................... Wood products .................................................. Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... Primary metals .................................................. Fabricated metal products .............................. Machinery .......................................................... Computer and electronic products ................ Electrical equipment and appliances ............ Transportation equipment ............................... Furniture and related products ....................... Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 16.34 12.52 15.53 17.88 14.97 16.17 16.57 14.27 21.07 12.92 13.22 16.66 12.90 16.03 18.39 15.20 16.53 16.81 14.50 21.38 12.95 13.68 16.69 12.91 16.00 18.35 15.18 16.52 16.94 14.61 21.41 12.92 13.75 16.69 12.91 16.06 18.17 15.24 16.48 17.00 14.72 21.35 12.98 13.80 663.40 498.30 652.26 761.69 604.79 658.12 669.43 577.94 876.51 493.54 508.97 688.06 517.29 663.64 796.29 626.24 689.30 680.81 594.50 915.06 510.23 532.15 689.30 521.56 665.60 787.22 622.38 695.49 696.23 596.09 918.49 505.17 533.50 690.97 521.56 684.16 784.94 624.84 690.51 693.60 599.10 918.05 515.31 535.44 Nondurable goods ............................................... Food manufacturing ......................................... Beverages and tobacco products .................. Textile mills ........................................................ Textile product mills ......................................... Apparel ............................................................... Leather and allied products ............................ Paper and paper products .............................. Printing and related support activities ........... Petroleum and coal products .......................... Chemicals .......................................................... Plastics and rubber products .......................... 14.51 12.74 17.85 11.92 10.96 9.44 11.59 17.09 15.32 24.09 18.33 14.01 14.89 12.91 18.88 12.11 11.45 9.74 11.94 17.63 15.53 24.13 18.83 14.43 14.88 12.88 18.54 12.14 11.40 9.58 11.76 17.55 15.57 24.32 18.87 14.46 14.90 12.92 19.14 12.11 11.34 9.59 11.66 17.57 15.60 24.21 18.80 14.50 578.95 498.13 692.58 473.22 429.63 339.84 462.44 710.94 591.35 1,105.73 780.86 561.80 594.11 504.78 728.77 485.61 447.70 343.82 471.63 738.70 593.25 1,068.96 804.04 585.86 595.20 499.74 734.18 488.03 450.30 344.88 464.52 731.84 597.89 1,072.51 818.96 587.08 594.51 498.71 746.46 491.67 439.99 349.08 465.23 732.67 602.16 1,041.03 814.04 590.15 Private service-providing ............................. 14.96 15.19 15.24 15.16 484.70 484.56 495.30 486.64 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 14.34 14.50 14.58 14.51 478.96 477.05 488.43 481.73 Wholesale trade ................................................... 17.32 17.56 17.59 17.47 654.70 656.74 668.42 656.87 Retail trade ........................................................... 11.90 11.98 12.04 11.99 364.14 361.80 368.42 364.50 Transportation and warehousing ...................... 16.19 16.46 16.59 16.52 592.55 597.50 613.83 604.63 Utilities ................................................................... 24.47 25.38 25.32 25.33 1,005.72 1,032.97 1,043.18 1,046.13 Information ............................................................... 20.78 21.21 21.32 21.16 752.24 763.56 780.31 757.53 Financial activities .................................................. 16.91 17.34 17.46 17.42 608.76 612.10 630.31 614.93 Professional and business services .................... 17.34 17.38 17.47 17.30 598.23 583.97 600.97 586.47 Education and health services ............................. 15.54 15.94 15.95 15.93 501.94 514.86 519.97 512.95 Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 8.75 8.89 8.92 8.88 224.88 221.36 230.14 225.55 Other services ......................................................... 13.85 13.89 13.89 13.85 436.28 429.20 433.37 427.97 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted Percent change from: Feb. 2004-p Mar. 2004 Mar. 2003 Nov. 2003 Dec. 2003 Jan. 2004 Feb. 2004p Mar. 2004p Total private: Current dollars .............................................. Constant (1982) dollars 2.............................. $15.27 8.21 $15.46 8.32 $15.45 8.30 $15.49 8.27 $15.52 8.27 $15.54 N.A. 0.1 ( 3) Goods-producing .......................................................... 16.68 16.94 16.97 17.00 17.06 17.09 .2 Natural resources and mining .............................................. 17.45 17.79 17.91 17.95 18.02 18.08 .3 Construction ............................................................................ 18.83 19.06 19.04 19.11 19.20 19.19 -.1 Manufacturing ......................................................................... Excluding overtime 4.................................................... 15.63 14.88 15.89 15.06 15.93 15.09 15.94 15.11 15.98 15.13 16.01 15.16 .2 .2 Durable goods ..................................................................... 16.35 16.58 16.64 16.63 16.68 16.70 .1 Nondurable goods ............................................................... 14.53 14.79 14.81 14.85 14.88 14.92 .3 Private service-providing ............................................. 14.88 15.06 15.05 15.08 15.11 15.13 .1 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................................... 14.28 14.44 14.41 14.45 14.48 14.48 .0 Wholesale trade ................................................................... 17.26 17.47 17.46 17.53 17.53 17.54 .1 Retail trade ........................................................................... 11.85 11.97 11.95 11.95 11.97 11.95 -.2 Transportation and warehousing ...................................... 16.20 16.35 16.33 16.46 16.51 16.52 .1 Utilities ................................................................................... 24.45 25.36 25.13 25.32 25.38 25.37 .0 Information ............................................................................... 20.82 21.10 20.99 21.15 21.26 21.23 -.1 Financial activities .................................................................. 16.82 17.30 17.30 17.35 17.32 17.44 .7 Professional and business services .................................... 17.17 17.29 17.25 17.24 17.25 17.28 .2 Education and health services ............................................. 15.56 15.77 15.81 15.87 15.91 15.95 .3 Leisure and hospitality ........................................................... 8.74 8.82 8.84 8.85 8.86 8.87 .1 Other services ......................................................................... 13.89 13.81 13.80 13.84 13.85 13.88 .2 Industry 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series. 3 Change was .0 percent from Jan. 2004 to Feb. 2004, the latest month available. 2 The 4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half. N.A. = not available. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail (2002=100) Not seasonally adjusted Industry Seasonally adjusted Percent Mar. change from: 2004p Feb. 2004Mar. 2004 p Mar. 2003 Jan. 2004 Feb. 2004p Mar. 2004p Mar. 2003 Nov. 2003 Dec. 2003 Jan. 2004 Feb. 2004p Total private ....................................... 97.4 95.7 97.3 97.3 98.9 99.0 98.4 99.1 99.1 99.0 -0.1 Goods-producing .......................................... 93.7 92.1 91.8 93.7 96.6 95.6 95.2 96.0 96.2 96.2 .0 Natural resources and mining .............................. 94.5 94.1 93.4 96.4 98.4 97.7 97.1 99.1 97.7 99.8 2.1 Construction ............................................................ 90.7 89.7 88.1 93.9 98.5 99.0 98.2 99.7 99.6 100.7 1.1 Manufacturing ......................................................... 95.3 93.0 93.2 93.6 95.9 94.1 93.6 94.4 94.4 94.1 -.3 Durable goods ..................................................... Wood products .................................................. Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... Primary metals .................................................. Fabricated metal products .............................. Machinery .......................................................... Computer and electronic products ................ Electrical equipment and appliances ............ Transportation equipment ............................... Furniture and related products ....................... Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 95.1 94.6 91.9 96.4 95.8 95.6 94.6 94.5 95.8 92.7 95.5 93.7 94.8 89.1 92.6 95.9 94.6 89.5 90.3 96.7 93.1 91.3 93.9 96.3 88.4 91.4 95.9 96.1 90.3 89.2 97.4 92.3 91.6 94.5 96.2 92.9 92.1 96.0 95.9 89.4 89.5 98.0 94.7 92.0 95.3 96.9 95.8 96.3 96.1 94.6 94.3 94.2 95.4 93.2 95.3 94.5 99.7 93.6 91.5 95.1 94.2 90.8 90.3 97.0 94.5 92.7 94.1 99.2 93.6 91.7 95.0 93.5 89.4 90.0 96.8 94.1 91.6 94.8 98.7 95.5 92.1 96.1 94.9 90.2 90.6 97.3 94.4 92.4 94.8 99.7 94.7 91.8 96.3 95.4 90.8 89.7 97.5 94.0 92.1 94.6 98.8 95.7 91.6 96.3 94.8 89.2 89.3 97.3 95.1 91.7 -.2 -.9 1.1 -.2 .0 -.6 -1.8 -.4 -.2 1.2 -.4 Nondurable goods ............................................... 95.7 Food manufacturing ......................................... 96.2 Beverages and tobacco products .................. 88.1 Textile mills ........................................................ 92.1 Textile product mills ......................................... 95.0 Apparel ............................................................... 87.4 Leather and allied products ............................ 97.4 Paper and paper products .............................. 93.9 Printing and related support activities ........... 96.8 Petroleum and coal products .......................... 101.1 Chemicals .......................................................... 100.5 Plastics and rubber products .......................... 95.9 91.9 95.3 84.4 80.1 90.7 74.4 88.8 90.9 92.6 96.3 98.1 93.7 92.0 94.0 86.7 78.9 90.8 76.8 90.7 89.9 92.8 95.3 100.4 93.8 92.0 93.6 84.6 80.9 91.7 77.9 95.0 90.1 93.0 95.4 100.5 94.2 96.6 99.3 92.3 91.3 95.2 86.9 96.9 95.0 96.6 103.2 100.4 96.1 93.5 96.5 88.1 82.3 92.6 78.9 90.0 91.9 94.2 100.1 98.9 94.7 93.2 97.1 87.4 80.4 91.9 77.6 92.2 91.5 93.6 97.8 98.6 94.0 93.6 97.7 88.8 80.3 92.4 77.2 91.4 91.3 94.2 99.0 99.0 94.6 93.7 97.3 90.8 79.8 93.0 78.1 91.7 91.1 93.8 98.8 100.1 94.6 93.1 96.9 88.1 79.9 91.5 76.9 93.3 91.2 93.0 97.3 100.0 94.5 -.6 -.4 -3.0 .1 -1.6 -1.5 1.7 .1 -.9 -1.5 -.1 -.1 Private service-providing ............................. 98.4 96.7 98.7 98.3 99.3 99.8 99.1 99.9 100.0 99.8 -.2 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 96.8 95.9 96.8 96.4 98.9 98.6 98.0 98.7 98.7 98.7 .0 Wholesale trade ................................................... 97.8 95.7 97.1 96.5 98.4 97.9 97.4 97.7 97.7 97.8 .1 Retail trade ........................................................... 96.0 96.1 96.1 95.9 99.0 99.0 98.3 99.4 99.2 99.2 .0 Transportation and warehousing ...................... 97.5 96.3 98.0 97.4 98.8 98.8 97.6 98.8 99.6 99.1 -.5 Utilities ................................................................... 98.0 96.8 97.8 98.3 99.1 98.8 97.2 97.4 98.0 99.2 1.2 Information ............................................................... 97.4 96.4 98.2 96.6 97.4 97.7 97.5 97.1 97.9 97.5 -.4 Financial activities .................................................. 102.0 99.8 102.0 100.0 101.3 101.3 100.7 101.7 101.4 101.4 .0 Professional and business services .................... 98.0 95.7 98.7 98.3 98.6 99.4 98.7 99.7 100.2 99.8 -.4 Education and health services ............................. 101.6 101.1 103.4 102.6 100.6 102.0 102.1 102.1 102.1 102.3 .2 Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 97.0 92.7 96.6 97.0 99.4 100.5 100.2 100.8 100.8 101.0 .2 Other services ......................................................... 97.5 94.0 95.1 94.9 98.2 96.3 95.4 95.8 95.6 95.9 .3 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. preliminary. NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours by the p= corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and production or nonsupervisory worker employment. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-6. Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail (2002=100) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Mar. 2003 Jan. 2004 Feb. 2004p Mar. 2004p Mar. 2003 Nov. 2003 Dec. 2003 Jan. 2004 Feb. 2004p Percent Mar. change from: 2004p Feb. 2004Mar. 2004 p Total private ....................................... 99.7 99.6 101.5 101.2 101.0 102.4 101.7 102.7 102.9 103.0 0.1 Goods-producing .......................................... 95.3 95.5 95.3 97.6 98.7 99.2 98.9 99.9 100.4 100.7 .3 Natural resources and mining .............................. 96.2 98.5 98.1 101.7 99.9 101.1 101.1 103.4 102.4 105.0 2.5 Construction ............................................................ 91.8 92.1 90.8 96.7 100.1 101.9 100.9 102.9 103.3 104.3 1.0 Manufacturing ......................................................... 97.3 97.2 97.5 97.9 98.1 97.8 97.5 98.4 98.6 98.5 -.1 Durable goods ..................................................... 97.0 97.5 97.8 98.4 97.2 97.8 97.8 98.4 98.7 98.6 -.1 Nondurable goods ............................................... 98.1 96.7 96.7 96.9 99.2 97.7 97.5 98.2 98.5 98.2 -.3 Private service-providing ............................. 101.1 100.9 103.4 102.4 101.5 103.2 102.5 103.5 103.8 103.8 .0 Industry Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 99.0 99.2 100.7 99.8 100.7 101.5 100.7 101.7 102.0 102.0 .0 Wholesale trade ................................................... 99.8 98.9 100.6 99.3 100.0 100.7 100.2 100.9 100.9 101.0 .1 Retail trade ........................................................... 97.9 98.7 99.1 98.6 100.5 101.5 100.7 101.8 101.7 101.6 -.1 Transportation and warehousing ...................... 100.2 100.6 103.1 102.1 101.5 102.5 101.1 103.2 104.3 103.9 -.4 Utilities ................................................................... 100.1 102.5 103.3 103.9 101.1 104.6 101.9 102.9 103.8 105.0 1.2 Information ............................................................... 100.2 101.2 103.7 101.2 100.4 102.1 101.3 101.6 103.0 102.5 -.5 Financial activities .................................................. 106.6 107.0 110.1 107.7 105.4 108.3 107.7 109.1 108.6 109.3 .6 Professional and business services .................... 101.1 99.0 102.6 101.2 100.7 102.2 101.3 102.3 102.8 102.6 -.2 Education and health services ............................. 103.8 106.0 108.4 107.4 102.9 105.7 106.1 106.5 106.8 107.2 .4 Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 98.9 96.0 100.5 100.4 101.3 103.4 103.3 104.0 104.1 104.4 .3 Other services ......................................................... 98.4 95.2 96.3 95.7 99.3 96.9 96.0 96.6 96.5 96.9 .4 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. preliminary. NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate payrolls by p= the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate payroll estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly earnings, average weekly hours, and production or nonsupervisory worker employment. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-7. 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, 278 industries 1 Over 1-month span: 2000 ........................................................ 2001 ........................................................ 2002 ........................................................ 2003 ........................................................ 2004 ........................................................ 61.9 52.2 40.1 41.2 52.3 62.9 47.8 35.1 35.1 p 51.4 63.3 50.4 41.0 38.1 p 61.0 59.5 34.4 41.5 41.4 46.9 41.4 41.7 42.8 61.7 39.2 47.8 40.1 63.1 37.1 44.1 40.5 52.5 38.8 44.1 39.7 51.1 38.3 42.8 49.3 53.4 32.4 39.0 46.0 56.8 36.7 38.7 51.1 53.8 34.9 34.5 49.1 Over 3-month span: 2000 ........................................................ 2001 ........................................................ 2002 ........................................................ 2003 ........................................................ 2004 ........................................................ 69.2 52.7 34.0 36.5 54.0 66.2 50.4 37.4 32.6 p 53.6 67.8 50.4 35.1 36.3 p 57.9 68.3 43.5 36.2 35.1 60.1 38.8 36.7 40.5 58.1 34.9 39.4 42.6 56.3 36.2 39.9 37.4 61.5 37.9 40.8 35.4 56.5 34.7 38.7 40.1 53.2 35.3 37.1 45.5 52.9 30.8 34.4 50.5 56.8 32.0 34.7 51.1 Over 6-month span: 2000 ........................................................ 2001 ........................................................ 2002 ........................................................ 2003 ........................................................ 2004 ........................................................ 67.3 51.8 29.5 33.6 48.9 69.1 50.0 30.0 31.1 p 54.0 72.5 51.8 31.1 31.7 p 57.6 72.5 47.3 31.1 31.7 67.4 43.5 31.7 33.5 67.8 41.5 37.1 37.8 66.7 38.1 37.2 36.2 60.8 35.4 39.0 36.5 59.0 32.2 34.7 40.5 55.0 33.1 36.5 39.4 59.7 31.5 35.3 42.6 54.0 31.1 33.3 41.7 Over 12-month span: 2000 ........................................................ 2001 ........................................................ 2002 ........................................................ 2003 ........................................................ 2004 ........................................................ 70.9 59.5 33.6 34.5 37.8 69.2 59.5 31.7 31.5 p 43.5 73.2 53.4 30.2 32.9 p 45.7 71.0 49.3 30.4 33.5 69.8 48.6 30.2 36.2 71.0 45.0 29.1 34.4 70.0 43.3 32.0 34.7 70.3 43.9 31.3 33.1 70.3 39.9 30.0 37.6 65.6 37.8 29.5 37.4 63.8 37.1 32.9 33.1 62.1 34.9 34.7 35.4 Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries 1 Over 1-month span: 2000 ........................................................ 2001 ........................................................ 2002 ........................................................ 2003 ........................................................ 2004 ........................................................ 48.2 22.6 21.4 26.2 42.9 58.3 22.0 18.5 15.5 p 51.8 50.0 21.4 23.8 22.6 p 48.8 50.0 16.1 35.1 13.7 41.1 15.5 29.8 26.2 57.1 23.2 32.7 25.0 60.7 13.7 40.5 28.0 28.6 14.3 28.0 26.2 25.0 19.0 31.0 27.4 35.1 17.9 11.9 28.6 39.9 14.9 15.5 51.2 41.1 10.1 17.9 45.8 Over 3-month span: 2000 ........................................................ 2001 ........................................................ 2002 ........................................................ 2003 ........................................................ 2004 ........................................................ 53.6 35.7 9.5 13.7 48.8 53.6 21.4 10.1 13.1 p 51.2 56.0 16.1 11.3 16.7 p 48.2 54.8 14.3 17.9 10.1 44.0 13.1 17.3 13.1 44.0 13.7 19.0 14.9 51.2 11.9 28.0 16.1 47.6 8.9 22.0 16.1 32.7 8.3 23.8 16.1 25.0 13.1 15.5 24.4 23.2 8.9 6.5 27.4 38.7 10.1 4.8 41.7 Over 6-month span: 2000 ........................................................ 2001 ........................................................ 2002 ........................................................ 2003 ........................................................ 2004 ........................................................ 44.0 22.0 6.5 11.3 28.6 52.4 23.8 8.9 9.5 p 37.5 55.4 22.0 7.7 6.0 p 44.0 57.7 20.8 8.3 7.1 47.6 14.3 7.7 8.9 51.8 13.7 14.3 13.1 56.0 14.3 14.9 8.9 45.2 10.1 10.7 13.1 39.3 10.7 12.5 13.1 34.5 5.4 10.1 16.7 32.1 7.1 8.9 19.0 27.4 4.8 8.9 19.6 Over 12-month span: 2000 ........................................................ 2001 ........................................................ 2002 ........................................................ 2003 ........................................................ 2004 ........................................................ 41.7 29.8 7.1 10.7 9.5 39.3 32.1 6.0 6.0 p 20.2 47.0 20.8 6.0 6.5 p 17.3 50.0 19.0 6.5 5.4 46.4 13.1 7.1 8.3 52.4 12.5 3.6 9.5 51.8 10.7 4.8 9.5 49.4 11.9 6.0 9.5 46.4 11.9 4.8 10.7 40.5 10.1 7.1 11.9 35.1 8.3 4.8 9.5 33.3 6.0 8.3 11.3 1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. p = preliminary. NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing employment.
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