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Transmission of material in this release is embargoed until 8:30 a.m. (EDT) Friday, April 2, 2010 USDL-10-0394 Technical information: Household data: (202) 691-6378 • cpsinfo@bls.gov • www.bls.gov/cps Establishment data: (202) 691-6555 • cesinfo@bls.gov • www.bls.gov/ces Media contact: (202) 691-5902 • PressOffice@bls.gov THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION – MARCH 2010 Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 162,000 in March, and the unemployment rate held at 9.7 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Temporary help services and health care continued to add jobs over the month. Employment in federal government also rose, reflecting the hiring of temporary workers for Census 2010. Employment continued to decline in financial activities and in information. Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, March 2008 – March 2010 Chart 2. Nonfarm payroll employment over-the-month change, seasonally adjusted, March 2008 – March 2010 Percent Thousands 11.0 600 10.0 400 9.0 200 8.0 0 7.0 -200 6.0 -400 5.0 -600 4.0 -800 M ar-08 Jun-08 Sep-08 Dec-08 M ar-09 Jun-09 Sep-09 Dec-09 M ar-10 M ar-08 Jun-08 Sep-08 Dec-08 M ar-09 Jun-09 Sep-09 Dec-09 M ar-10 Household Survey Data In March, the number of unemployed persons was little changed at 15.0 million, and the unemployment rate remained at 9.7 percent. (See table A-1.) Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men (10.0 percent), adult women (8.0 percent), teenagers (26.1 percent), whites (8.8 percent), blacks (16.5 percent), and Hispanics (12.6 percent) showed little or no change in March. The jobless rate for Asians was 7.5 percent, not seasonally adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.) The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks and over) increased by 414,000 over the month to 6.5 million. In March, 44.1 percent of unemployed persons were jobless for 27 weeks or more. (See table A-12.) The civilian labor force participation rate (64.9 percent) and the employment-population ratio (58.6 percent) continued to edge up in March. (See table A-1.) The number of persons working part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as involuntary part-time workers) increased to 9.1 million in March. These individuals were working part time because their hours had been cut back or because they were unable to find a full-time job. (See table A-8.) About 2.3 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force in March, compared with 2.1 million a year earlier. (The data are not seasonally adjusted.) These individuals were not in the labor force, wanted and were available for work, and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. (See table A-16.) Among the marginally attached, there were 1.0 million discouraged workers in March, up by 309,000 from a year earlier. (The data are not seasonally adjusted.) Discouraged workers are persons not currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them. The remaining 1.3 million persons marginally attached to the labor force had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey for reasons such as school attendance or family responsibilities. (See table A-16.) Establishment Survey Data In March, nonfarm payroll employment rose by 162,000. Job growth continued in temporary help services and in health care. Federal government employment increased due to the hiring of temporary workers for Census 2010. Job losses continued in financial activities and in information. (See table B-1.) Temporary help services added 40,000 jobs in March. Since September 2009, temporary help services employment has risen by 313,000. Employment in health care continued to increase in March (27,000), with the largest gains occurring in ambulatory health care services (16,000) and in nursing and residential care facilities (9,000). In March, employment in mining increased by 8,000. Monthly job gains in mining have averaged 6,000 over the past 5 months. Employment in federal government was up over the month, reflecting the hiring of 48,000 temporary workers for the decennial census. Manufacturing employment continued to trend up in March (17,000); the industry has added 45,000 jobs in the first 3 months of 2010. Over the month, job gains were concentrated in fabricated metal products (9,000) and in machinery (6,000). Employment in construction held steady (15,000) in March. The industry had lost an average of 72,000 jobs per month in the prior 12 months. -2- Over the month, employment changed little in transportation and warehousing, leisure and hospitality, retail trade, and wholesale trade. In March, financial activities shed 21,000 jobs, with the largest losses occurring in insurance carriers and related activities (-9,000). Employment in the information industry decreased by 12,000. The average workweek for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls was up by 0.1 hour to 34.0 hours in March. The manufacturing workweek for all employees increased by 0.2 hour to 39.9 hours, and factory overtime was up by 0.1 hour over the month. In March, the average workweek for production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.2 hour to 33.3 hours. (See tables B-2 and B-7.) In March, average hourly earnings of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls fell by 2 cents, or 0.1 percent, to $22.47, following a 4-cent gain in February. Over the past 12 months, average hourly earnings have risen by 1.8 percent. In March, average hourly earnings of private production and nonsupervisory employees fell by 2 cents, or 0.1 percent, to $18.90. (See tables B-3 and B-8.) The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for January was revised from -26,000 to +14,000, and the change for February was revised from -36,000 to -14,000. The Employment Situation for April is scheduled to be released on Friday, May 7, 2010, at 8:30 a.m. (EDT). -3- HOUSEHOLD DATA Summary table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands] Category Mar. 2009 Jan. 2010 Feb. 2010 Change from: Feb. 2010Mar. 2010 Mar. 2010 Employment status Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civilian labor force...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................... . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed................................................................... . Employment-population ratio.......................................... . Unemployed................................................................ . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235,086 154,164 65.6 140,854 59.9 13,310 8.6 80,922 236,832 153,170 64.7 138,333 58.4 14,837 9.7 83,663 236,998 153,512 64.8 138,641 58.5 14,871 9.7 83,487 237,159 153,910 64.9 138,905 58.6 15,005 9.7 83,249 161 398 0.1 264 0.1 134 0.0 -238 Unemployment rates Total, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adult men (20 years and over)............................................. . Adult women (20 years and over). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Teenagers (16 to 19 years). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Black or African American. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Asian (not seasonally adjusted)............................................ . Hispanic or Latino ethnicity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................ . 8.6 8.9 7.1 22.0 8.0 13.5 6.4 11.6 9.7 10.0 7.9 26.4 8.7 16.5 8.4 12.6 9.7 10.0 8.0 25.0 8.8 15.8 8.4 12.4 9.7 10.0 8.0 26.1 8.8 16.5 7.5 12.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.1 0.0 0.7 – 0.2 Total, 25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Less than a high school diploma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . High school graduates, no college. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Some college or associate degree. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bachelor’s degree and higher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3 13.8 9.1 7.3 4.4 8.2 15.2 10.1 8.5 4.9 8.3 15.6 10.5 8.0 5.0 8.3 14.5 10.8 8.2 4.9 0.0 -1.1 0.3 0.2 -0.1 Reason for unemployment Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Job leavers................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . Reentrants....................................................................... . New entrants.................................................................... . 8,434 884 3,017 881 9,323 914 3,585 1,235 9,550 866 3,451 1,238 9,354 894 3,544 1,197 -196 28 93 -41 Duration of unemployment Less than 5 weeks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 to 14 weeks................................................................... . 15 to 26 weeks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 weeks and over........ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,314 4,032 2,574 3,241 3,008 3,362 2,632 6,313 2,748 3,412 2,696 6,133 2,646 3,228 2,436 6,547 -102 -184 -260 414 Employed persons at work part time Part time for economic reasons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Slack work or business conditions......................................... . Could only find part-time work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part time for noneconomic reasons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,023 6,839 1,847 18,829 8,316 5,873 2,295 18,563 8,791 6,185 2,212 18,360 9,054 6,177 2,388 18,379 263 -8 176 19 Persons not in the labor force (not seasonally adjusted) Marginally attached to the labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Discouraged workers... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,106 685 2,539 1,065 2,527 1,204 2,255 994 – – - Over-the-month changes are not displayed for not seasonally adjusted data. NOTE: Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. ESTABLISHMENT DATA Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted Mar. 2009 Jan. 2010 Feb. 2010p Mar. 2010p EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY (Over-the-month change, in thousands) Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Durable goods1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Motor vehicles and parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Private service-providing1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Professional and business services1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Temporary help services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Education and health services1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -753 -744 -326 -19 -142 -165 -122 -10.8 -43 -418 -38.4 -87.4 -29.4 -12 -42 -146 -61.3 10 16.5 -46 -26 -9 14 16 -30 8 -60 22 26 26.6 -4 46 -7.7 49.1 -29.3 -3 -22 23 49.2 20 15.7 12 3 -2 -14 8 -47 6 -59 6 3 -10.0 3 55 3.6 8.3 -9.2 -7 -15 40 36.7 27 19.2 16 -9 -22 162 123 41 9 15 17 21 2.5 -4 82 9.0 14.9 7.8 -12 -21 11 40.2 45 36.7 22 6 39 WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES AS A PERCENT OF ALL EMPLOYEES2 Total nonfarm women employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Total private women employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Total private production and nonsupervisory employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.7 48.2 82.4 49.9 48.4 82.4 49.9 48.4 82.4 49.9 48.4 82.5 Category HOURS AND EARNINGS ALL EMPLOYEES Total private Average weekly hours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Average hourly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Average weekly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Index of aggregate weekly hours (2007=100)3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2007=100)4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.0 $ 22.08 $ 750.72 93.3 -1.0 98.2 -0.9 34.0 $ 22.45 $763.30 91.3 0.7 97.7 0.9 33.9 $ 22.49 $762.41 91.0 -0.3 97.6 -0.1 34.0 $ 22.47 $763.98 91.4 0.4 97.9 0.3 HOURS AND EARNINGS PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES Total private Average weekly hours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Average hourly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Average weekly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Index of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100)3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2002=100)4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.1 $ 18.52 $ 613.01 99.8 -1.0 123.5 -0.7 33.3 $ 18.90 $629.37 98.2 0.3 124.1 0.6 33.1 $ 18.92 $626.25 97.7 -0.5 123.5 -0.5 33.3 $ 18.90 $629.37 98.4 0.7 124.3 0.6 48.9 42.7 50.0 54.3 60.0 58.5 DIFFUSION INDEX (Over 1-month span)5 Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.5 9.1 1 Includes other industries, not shown separately. 2 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing industries. 3 The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding annual average aggregate hours. 4 The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate weekly payrolls by the corresponding annual average aggregate weekly payrolls. 5 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. p = preliminary. Frequently Asked Questions about Employment and Unemployment Estimates Why are there two monthly measures of employment? The household survey and establishment survey both produce sample-based estimates of employment and both have strengths and limitations. The establishment survey employment series has a smaller margin of error on the measurement of month-to-month change than the household survey because of its much larger sample size. An over-the-month employment change of about 100,000 is statistically significant in the establishment survey, while the threshold for a statistically significant change in the household survey is about 400,000. However, the household survey has a more expansive scope than the establishment survey because it includes the self-employed, unpaid family workers, agricultural workers, and private household workers, who are excluded by the establishment survey. The household survey also provides estimates of employment for demographic groups. Are undocumented immigrants counted in the surveys? It is likely that both surveys include at least some undocumented immigrants. However, neither the establishment nor the household survey is designed to identify the legal status of workers. Therefore, it is not possible to determine how many are counted in either survey. The establishment survey does not collect data on the legal status of workers. The household survey does include questions which identify the foreign and native born, but it does not include questions about the legal status of the foreign born. Why does the establishment survey have revisions? The establishment survey revises published estimates to improve its data series by incorporating additional information that was not available at the time of the initial publication of the estimates. The establishment survey revises its initial monthly estimates twice, in the immediately succeeding 2 months, to incorporate additional sample receipts from respondents in the survey and recalculated seasonal adjustment factors. For more information on the monthly revisions, please visit www.bls.gov/ces/cesrevinfo.htm. On an annual basis, the establishment survey incorporates a benchmark revision that re-anchors estimates to nearly complete employment counts available from unemployment insurance tax records. The benchmark helps to control for sampling and modeling errors in the estimates. For more information on the annual benchmark revision, please visit www.bls.gov/web/cesbmart.htm. Does the establishment survey sample include small firms? Yes; about 40 percent of the establishment survey sample is comprised of business establishments with fewer than 20 employees. The establishment survey sample is designed to maximize the reliability of the total nonfarm employment estimate; firms from all size classes and industries are appropriately sampled to achieve that goal. Does the establishment survey account for employment from new businesses? Yes; monthly establishment survey estimates include an adjustment to account for the net employment change generated by business births and deaths. The adjustment comes from an econometric model that forecasts the monthly net jobs impact of business births and deaths based on the actual past values of the net impact that can be observed with a lag from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. The establishment survey uses modeling rather than sampling for this purpose because the survey is not immediately able to bring new businesses into the sample. There is an unavoidable lag between the birth of a new firm and its appearance on the sampling frame and availability for selection. BLS adds new businesses to the survey twice a year. Is the count of unemployed persons limited to just those people receiving unemployment insurance benefits? No; the estimate of unemployment is based on a monthly sample survey of households. All persons who are without jobs and are actively seeking and available to work are included among the unemployed. (People on temporary layoff are included even if they do not actively seek work.) There is no requirement or question relating to unemployment insurance benefits in the monthly survey. Does the official unemployment rate exclude people who have stopped looking for work? Yes; however, there are separate estimates of persons outside the labor force who want a job, including those who have stopped looking because they believe no jobs are available (discouraged workers). In addition, alternative measures of labor underutilization (discouraged workers and other groups not officially counted as unemployed) are published each month in The Employment Situation news release. Technical Note This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current Population Survey (household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics survey (establishment survey). The household survey provides 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 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The establishment survey provides information on employment, hours, and earnings of employees on nonfarm payrolls; the data appear in the "B" tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA. BLS collects these data each month from the payroll records of a sample of nonagricultural business establishments. The sample includes about 140,000 businesses and government agencies representing approximately 410,000 worksites and is drawn from a sampling frame of roughly 8.9 million unemployment insurance tax accounts. The active sample includes approximately one-third of all nonfarm payroll employees. For both surveys, the data for a given month relate to a particular week or pay period. In the household survey, the reference period 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 employment-population ratio is the employed as a percent of the population. Additional information about the household survey can be found at www.bls.gov/cps/documentation.htm. Establishment survey. The sample establishments are drawn from private nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well as from 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 produced for the private sector for all employees and for production and nonsupervisory employees. Production and nonsupervisory employees are defined as production and related employees in manufacturing and mining and logging, construction workers in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in private service-providing industries. Industries are classified on the basis of an establishment's principal activity in accordance with the 2007 version of the North American Industry Classification System. Additional information about the establishment survey can be found at www.bls.gov/ces/#technical. 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 are 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 regularly occurring fluctuations. These events may result from seasonal changes in weather, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools. The effect of such seasonal variation can be very large. Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each year, their influence on the level of a series can be tempered by adjusting for regular seasonal variation. These adjustments make nonseasonal developments, such as declines in employment or increases in the participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot. For example, in the household survey, 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. Similarly, in the establishment survey, payroll employment in education declines by about 20 percent at the end of the spring term and later rises with the start of the fall term, obscuring the underlying employment trends in the industry. Because seasonal employment changes at the end and beginning of the school year can be estimated, the statistics can be adjusted to make underlying employment patterns more discernable. The seasonally adjusted figures provide a more useful tool with which to analyze changes in monthto-month economic activity. Many seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted in both the household and establishment surveys. However, the adjusted series for many major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most major sectors, total employment, and unemployment are computed by aggregating independently adjusted component series. For example, total unemployment is derived by summing the adjusted series for four major agesex components; this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be obtained by directly adjusting the total or by combining the duration, reasons, or more detailed age categories. For both the household and establishment surveys, a concurrent seasonal adjustment methodology is used in which new seasonal factors are calculated each month using all relevant data, up to and including the data for the current month. In the household survey, new seasonal factors are used to adjust only the current month's data. In the establishment survey, however, new seasonal factors are used each month to adjust the three most recent monthly estimates. The prior 2 months are routinely revised to incorporate additional sample reports and recalculated seasonal adjustment factors. In both surveys, 5-year 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 90percent 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 nonfarm employment from the establishment survey is on the order of plus or minus 100,000. Suppose the estimate of nonfarm employment increases by 50,000 from one month to the next. The 90percent confidence interval on the monthly change would range from -50,000 to +150,000 (50,000 +/- 100,000). 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 nonfarm employment had, in fact, increased that month. If, however, the reported nonfarm employment rise was 250,000, 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 nonfarm employment had, in fact, risen that month. At an unemployment rate of around 5.5 percent, the 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly change in unemployment as measured by the household survey is about +/- 280,000, and for the monthly change in the unemployment rate it is about +/- 0.19 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 also is improved when the data are cumulated over time, such as for quarterly and annual averages. The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling error, which can occur for many reasons, including the failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain information for all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes made by respondents, and errors made in the collection or processing of the data. For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 2 months are based on incomplete returns; for this reason, these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables. It is only after two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final. Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new firms. To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth, an estimation procedure with two components is used to account for business births. The first component excludes employment losses from business deaths from samplebased estimation in order to offset the missing employment gains from business births. This is incorporated into the sample-based estimation procedure by simply not reflecting sample units going out of business, but imputing to them the same employment trend as the other firms in the sample. This procedure accounts for most of the net birth/death employment. 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 5 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 sample-based 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, absolute benchmark revisions for total nonfarm employment have averaged 0.3 percent, with a range from -0.7 to 0.6 percent. Other information Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Federal Relay Service: (800) 877-8339. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age [Numbers in thousands] Seasonally adjusted1 Not seasonally adjusted Employment status, sex, and age Mar. 2009 Feb. 2010 Mar. 2010 Mar. 2009 Nov. 2009 Dec. 2009 Jan. 2010 Feb. 2010 Mar. 2010 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235,086 153,728 65.4 139,833 59.5 13,895 9.0 81,358 5,535 236,998 153,194 64.6 137,203 57.9 15,991 10.4 83,804 6,086 237,159 153,660 64.8 137,983 58.2 15,678 10.2 83,499 5,719 235,086 154,164 65.6 140,854 59.9 13,310 8.6 80,922 5,830 236,743 153,720 64.9 138,381 58.5 15,340 10.0 83,022 6,043 236,924 153,059 64.6 137,792 58.2 15,267 10.0 83,865 6,306 236,832 153,170 64.7 138,333 58.4 14,837 9.7 83,663 5,965 236,998 153,512 64.8 138,641 58.5 14,871 9.7 83,487 6,170 237,159 153,910 64.9 138,905 58.6 15,005 9.7 83,249 6,044 Men, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113,758 81,839 71.9 73,195 64.3 8,644 10.6 31,919 114,735 81,488 71.0 71,566 62.4 9,923 12.2 33,247 114,821 81,949 71.4 72,253 62.9 9,696 11.8 32,872 113,758 81,924 72.0 74,072 65.1 7,852 9.6 31,834 114,632 81,964 71.5 72,794 63.5 9,171 11.2 32,667 114,728 81,454 71.0 72,499 63.2 8,955 11.0 33,274 114,648 81,290 70.9 72,516 63.3 8,774 10.8 33,358 114,735 81,496 71.0 72,813 63.5 8,683 10.7 33,239 114,821 81,895 71.3 73,092 63.7 8,803 10.7 32,926 Men, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105,095 78,826 75.0 70,984 67.5 7,842 9.9 26,269 106,100 78,678 74.2 69,606 65.6 9,072 11.5 27,422 106,198 79,059 74.4 70,238 66.1 8,821 11.2 27,139 105,095 78,680 74.9 71,667 68.2 7,013 8.9 26,415 106,018 78,901 74.4 70,662 66.7 8,239 10.4 27,117 106,125 78,402 73.9 70,391 66.3 8,011 10.2 27,723 105,998 78,225 73.8 70,390 66.4 7,835 10.0 27,774 106,100 78,471 74.0 70,623 66.6 7,848 10.0 27,628 106,198 78,796 74.2 70,913 66.8 7,882 10.0 27,403 Women, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121,328 71,889 59.3 66,638 54.9 5,251 7.3 49,438 122,263 71,706 58.6 65,638 53.7 6,068 8.5 50,557 122,339 71,712 58.6 65,730 53.7 5,982 8.3 50,627 121,328 72,240 59.5 66,782 55.0 5,458 7.6 49,088 122,111 71,756 58.8 65,587 53.7 6,169 8.6 50,355 122,197 71,605 58.6 65,293 53.4 6,312 8.8 50,591 122,185 71,880 58.8 65,817 53.9 6,064 8.4 50,305 122,263 72,015 58.9 65,828 53.8 6,187 8.6 50,247 122,339 72,015 58.9 65,813 53.8 6,203 8.6 50,323 Women, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112,908 68,883 61.0 64,123 56.8 4,760 6.9 44,025 113,886 68,940 60.5 63,459 55.7 5,481 8.0 44,947 113,974 68,967 60.5 63,537 55.7 5,430 7.9 45,007 112,908 68,972 61.1 64,110 56.8 4,863 7.1 43,936 113,737 68,742 60.4 63,269 55.6 5,473 8.0 44,994 113,832 68,620 60.3 62,998 55.3 5,622 8.2 45,212 113,796 68,949 60.6 63,527 55.8 5,422 7.9 44,848 113,886 69,069 60.6 63,538 55.8 5,531 8.0 44,818 113,974 69,027 60.6 63,495 55.7 5,532 8.0 44,947 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,083 6,019 35.2 4,726 27.7 1,293 21.5 11,064 17,012 5,577 32.8 4,139 24.3 1,438 25.8 11,436 16,987 5,635 33.2 4,207 24.8 1,427 25.3 11,352 17,083 6,512 38.1 5,077 29.7 1,435 22.0 10,571 16,988 6,077 35.8 4,450 26.2 1,627 26.8 10,911 16,967 6,037 35.6 4,403 25.9 1,634 27.1 10,930 17,038 5,996 35.2 4,416 25.9 1,580 26.4 11,041 17,012 5,972 35.1 4,480 26.3 1,491 25.0 11,041 16,987 6,087 35.8 4,496 26.5 1,591 26.1 10,899 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age [Numbers in thousands] Seasonally adjusted1 Not seasonally adjusted Employment status, race, sex, and age 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 noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See footnotes at end of table. Mar. 2009 Feb. 2010 Mar. 2010 Mar. 2009 Nov. 2009 Dec. 2009 Jan. 2010 Feb. 2010 Mar. 2010 190,436 125,433 65.9 114,831 60.3 10,602 8.5 65,003 191,552 124,790 65.1 112,712 58.8 12,079 9.7 66,762 191,648 124,950 65.2 113,339 59.1 11,611 9.3 66,698 190,436 125,659 66.0 115,663 60.7 9,996 8.0 64,777 191,516 125,258 65.4 113,669 59.4 11,589 9.3 66,258 191,628 124,605 65.0 113,339 59.1 11,266 9.0 67,024 191,454 124,579 65.1 113,797 59.4 10,782 8.7 66,875 191,552 124,847 65.2 113,865 59.4 10,982 8.8 66,705 191,648 125,054 65.3 114,108 59.5 10,945 8.8 66,594 65,363 75.5 59,307 68.5 6,056 9.3 65,128 74.7 58,183 66.7 6,945 10.7 65,277 74.8 58,701 67.3 6,576 10.1 65,120 75.3 59,828 69.2 5,292 8.1 65,387 75.0 58,996 67.7 6,390 9.8 64,804 74.3 58,782 67.4 6,022 9.3 64,682 74.3 58,813 67.5 5,869 9.1 64,889 74.4 59,021 67.7 5,868 9.0 64,973 74.5 59,208 67.9 5,765 8.9 54,997 60.5 51,462 56.6 3,535 6.4 55,087 60.3 51,032 55.8 4,055 7.4 55,033 60.2 51,079 55.9 3,954 7.2 55,086 60.6 51,489 56.7 3,597 6.5 54,908 60.1 50,852 55.6 4,056 7.4 54,822 60.0 50,753 55.5 4,069 7.4 55,017 60.2 51,248 56.1 3,769 6.8 55,061 60.2 51,048 55.8 4,014 7.3 55,104 60.3 51,103 55.9 4,000 7.3 5,073 38.8 4,062 31.1 1,010 19.9 4,575 35.2 3,497 26.9 1,078 23.6 4,640 35.8 3,559 27.5 1,081 23.3 5,453 41.7 4,346 33.3 1,107 20.3 4,963 38.2 3,820 29.4 1,142 23.0 4,978 38.4 3,804 29.3 1,174 23.6 4,880 37.5 3,736 28.7 1,145 23.5 4,897 37.7 3,797 29.2 1,100 22.5 4,977 38.4 3,797 29.3 1,180 23.7 28,118 17,429 62.0 15,074 53.6 2,355 13.5 10,689 28,559 17,599 61.6 14,752 51.7 2,847 16.2 10,960 28,591 17,795 62.2 14,837 51.9 2,957 16.6 10,796 28,118 17,543 62.4 15,176 54.0 2,367 13.5 10,575 28,404 17,660 62.2 14,904 52.5 2,757 15.6 10,744 28,437 17,600 61.9 14,758 51.9 2,843 16.2 10,837 28,526 17,749 62.2 14,820 52.0 2,929 16.5 10,777 28,559 17,748 62.1 14,936 52.3 2,812 15.8 10,811 28,591 17,871 62.5 14,920 52.2 2,951 16.5 10,720 7,850 69.4 6,566 58.0 1,284 16.4 7,971 69.1 6,448 55.9 1,523 19.1 8,124 70.3 6,479 56.1 1,645 20.2 7,915 70.0 6,683 59.1 1,232 15.6 7,915 69.0 6,584 57.4 1,331 16.8 7,907 68.8 6,591 57.4 1,316 16.6 7,970 69.2 6,566 57.0 1,405 17.6 7,985 69.2 6,561 56.9 1,424 17.8 8,134 70.4 6,592 57.0 1,542 19.0 8,935 63.3 8,071 57.2 864 9.7 8,995 62.7 7,934 55.3 1,062 11.8 9,004 62.7 7,954 55.4 1,050 11.7 8,940 63.3 8,033 56.9 907 10.1 9,001 63.1 7,946 55.7 1,055 11.7 8,959 62.7 7,788 54.5 1,171 13.1 9,034 63.1 7,836 54.7 1,198 13.3 9,074 63.3 7,975 55.6 1,099 12.1 9,021 62.8 7,907 55.1 1,115 12.4 644 23.9 437 16.2 207 32.2 633 23.6 371 13.8 262 41.4 666 24.9 404 15.1 262 39.3 689 25.6 461 17.1 228 33.1 743 27.8 373 14.0 370 49.8 734 27.5 379 14.2 356 48.4 745 27.7 418 15.6 326 43.8 689 25.7 399 14.9 290 42.0 716 26.7 421 15.7 294 41.1 10,778 11,020 11,089 – – – – – – HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age — Continued [Numbers in thousands] Seasonally adjusted1 Not seasonally adjusted Employment status, race, sex, and age Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mar. 2009 7,111 66.0 6,656 61.8 455 6.4 3,667 Feb. 2010 7,074 64.2 6,483 58.8 592 8.4 3,946 Mar. 2010 7,174 64.7 6,633 59.8 541 7.5 3,915 Mar. 2009 Nov. 2009 – – – – – – – Dec. 2009 – – – – – – – Jan. 2010 – – – – – – – Feb. 2010 – – – – – – – Mar. 2010 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. - Data not available. NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1 because data are not presented for all races. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-3. Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age [Numbers in thousands] Seasonally adjusted1 Not seasonally adjusted Employment status, sex, and age 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mar. 2009 Feb. 2010 Mar. 2010 Mar. 2009 Nov. 2009 Dec. 2009 Jan. 2010 Feb. 2010 Mar. 2010 32,585 22,188 68.1 19,485 59.8 2,703 12.2 10,397 33,335 22,582 67.7 19,554 58.7 3,027 13.4 10,753 33,414 22,656 67.8 19,650 58.8 3,006 13.3 10,758 32,585 22,236 68.2 19,664 60.3 2,571 11.6 10,350 33,291 22,564 67.8 19,692 59.2 2,872 12.7 10,727 33,379 22,404 67.1 19,513 58.5 2,891 12.9 10,976 33,251 22,578 67.9 19,730 59.3 2,848 12.6 10,674 33,335 22,648 67.9 19,848 59.5 2,800 12.4 10,687 33,414 22,707 68.0 19,848 59.4 2,859 12.6 10,706 12,648 83.4 11,110 73.3 1,538 12.2 12,863 83.0 11,128 71.8 1,735 13.5 12,857 82.7 11,211 72.1 1,647 12.8 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 8,567 59.8 7,645 53.3 922 10.8 8,743 59.9 7,759 53.1 984 11.3 8,763 59.9 7,716 52.7 1,047 12.0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 974 31.4 731 23.6 243 24.9 976 30.2 667 20.7 308 31.6 1,035 32.0 724 22.4 311 30.1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. - Data not available. NOTE: Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA 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. 2009 Feb. 2010 Mar. 2010 Mar. 2009 Nov. 2009 Dec. 2009 Jan. 2010 Feb. 2010 Mar. 2010 Less than a high school diploma Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate................................... . Employed................ . . . . . . . . . . ................. . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed........................................ . Unemployment rate............................. . 12,102 46.1 10,220 38.9 1,882 15.5 11,415 45.8 9,369 37.6 2,046 17.9 11,803 46.2 9,889 38.7 1,914 16.2 12,051 45.9 10,390 39.5 1,661 13.8 12,003 46.3 10,202 39.3 1,802 15.0 11,977 45.6 10,144 38.6 1,833 15.3 11,835 45.4 10,033 38.5 1,802 15.2 11,518 46.2 9,722 39.0 1,795 15.6 11,775 46.1 10,067 39.4 1,708 14.5 High school graduates, no college1 Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate................................... . Employed................ . . . . . . . . . . ................. . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed........................................ . Unemployment rate............................. . 38,516 62.4 34,661 56.2 3,854 10.0 39,089 62.4 34,425 54.9 4,664 11.9 39,202 62.6 34,527 55.1 4,674 11.9 38,426 62.3 34,927 56.6 3,498 9.1 37,759 61.6 33,851 55.2 3,908 10.4 37,607 61.4 33,649 55.0 3,958 10.5 37,738 61.1 33,920 54.9 3,818 10.1 38,801 61.9 34,737 55.4 4,064 10.5 38,855 62.0 34,654 55.3 4,201 10.8 Some college or associate degree Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate................................... . Employed................ . . . . . . . . . . ................. . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed........................................ . Unemployment rate............................. . 36,872 71.7 34,011 66.1 2,861 7.8 36,793 70.6 33,685 64.7 3,108 8.4 36,579 70.8 33,410 64.7 3,170 8.7 36,893 71.7 34,213 66.5 2,681 7.3 36,946 70.4 33,629 64.1 3,318 9.0 36,892 70.6 33,560 64.2 3,332 9.0 36,761 71.5 33,629 65.4 3,132 8.5 36,575 70.2 33,660 64.6 2,915 8.0 36,582 70.8 33,586 65.0 2,996 8.2 Bachelor’s degree and higher2 Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate................................... . Employed................ . . . . . . . . . . ................. . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed........................................ . Unemployment rate............................. . 45,304 77.9 43,377 74.6 1,927 4.3 45,598 76.8 43,313 73.0 2,285 5.0 45,742 77.1 43,570 73.4 2,172 4.7 45,317 77.9 43,328 74.5 1,989 4.4 45,992 77.4 43,743 73.6 2,249 4.9 45,994 77.3 43,707 73.4 2,288 5.0 45,939 77.0 43,704 73.3 2,235 4.9 45,694 77.0 43,418 73.1 2,276 5.0 45,800 77.2 43,549 73.4 2,251 4.9 1 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent. 2 Includes persons with bachelor’s, master’s, professional, and doctoral degrees. NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-5. Employment status of the civilian population 18 years and over by veteran status, period of service, and sex, not seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands] Total Employment status, veteran status, and period of service Mar. 2009 Men Mar. 2010 Mar. 2009 Women Mar. 2010 Mar. 2009 Mar. 2010 VETERANS, 18 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,293 12,255 55.0 11,205 50.3 1,050 8.6 10,038 22,124 11,819 53.4 10,656 48.2 1,163 9.8 10,305 20,542 11,124 54.2 10,185 49.6 939 8.4 9,418 20,342 10,727 52.7 9,663 47.5 1,064 9.9 9,615 1,751 1,132 64.6 1,021 58.3 111 9.8 619 1,782 1,092 61.3 993 55.7 99 9.1 690 Gulf War-era II veterans Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,869 1,567 83.8 1,399 74.9 167 10.7 302 2,103 1,713 81.4 1,461 69.5 252 14.7 390 1,553 1,343 86.5 1,210 78.0 133 9.9 209 1,743 1,451 83.3 1,236 70.9 215 14.8 292 317 223 70.5 189 59.7 34 15.4 93 360 262 72.7 225 62.4 37 14.2 98 Gulf War-era I veterans Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,849 2,484 87.2 2,255 79.2 229 9.2 365 2,996 2,608 87.0 2,360 78.8 248 9.5 388 2,428 2,138 88.0 1,939 79.8 199 9.3 290 2,545 2,272 89.3 2,037 80.1 235 10.3 273 421 347 82.3 316 75.2 30 8.7 74 451 336 74.4 323 71.6 13 3.8 115 World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam-era veterans Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,526 4,501 39.1 4,178 36.3 323 7.2 7,025 11,113 4,014 36.1 3,705 33.3 309 7.7 7,098 11,137 4,369 39.2 4,051 36.4 318 7.3 6,768 10,743 3,904 36.3 3,599 33.5 305 7.8 6,839 388 131 33.8 127 32.7 4 3.3 257 370 110 29.9 106 28.7 4 3.8 259 Veterans of other service periods Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,049 3,703 61.2 3,373 55.8 331 8.9 2,346 5,912 3,484 58.9 3,130 52.9 354 10.2 2,428 5,424 3,273 60.3 2,984 55.0 288 8.8 2,151 5,311 3,100 58.4 2,791 52.5 309 10.0 2,211 625 431 68.9 388 62.1 42 9.8 195 601 384 63.9 339 56.4 45 11.7 217 NONVETERANS, 18 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203,841 139,418 68.4 127,058 62.3 12,360 8.9 64,422 206,214 140,085 67.9 126,083 61.1 14,002 10.0 66,129 88,664 69,713 78.6 62,301 70.3 7,412 10.6 18,952 89,984 70,338 78.2 61,987 68.9 8,351 11.9 19,646 115,176 69,706 60.5 64,757 56.2 4,949 7.1 45,471 116,230 69,747 60.0 64,096 55.1 5,651 8.1 46,483 NOTE: Veterans served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces and were not on active duty at the time of the survey. Nonveterans never served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces. Veterans could have served anywhere in the world during these periods of service: Gulf War era II (September 2001-present), Gulf War era I (August 1990-August 2001), Vietnam era (August 1964-April 1975), Korean War (July 1950-January 1955), World War II (December 1941-December 1946), and other service periods (all other time periods). Veterans who served in more than one wartime period are classified only in the most recent one. Veterans who served during one of the selected wartime periods and another period are classified only in the wartime period. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-6. Employment status of the civilian population by sex, age, and disability status, not seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands] Persons with a disability Employment status, sex, and age Mar. 2009 Mar. 2010 Persons with no disability Mar. 2009 Mar. 2010 TOTAL, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population...................................................... . Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate..................................................................... . Employed............................................................................. . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed.......................................................................... . Unemployment rate............................................................... . Not in labor force....................................................................... . 26,842 6,114 22.8 5,312 19.8 802 13.1 20,728 26,945 6,054 22.5 5,215 19.4 839 13.9 20,891 208,244 147,614 70.9 134,521 64.6 13,093 8.9 60,630 210,214 147,607 70.2 132,767 63.2 14,839 10.1 62,608 Men, 16 to 64 years Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate..................................................................... . Employed............................................................................. . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed.......................................................................... . Unemployment rate............................................................... . Not in labor force....................................................................... . 2,769 37.9 2,335 32.0 434 15.7 4,531 2,835 38.7 2,363 32.2 472 16.6 4,495 75,523 83.8 67,555 74.9 7,968 10.6 14,640 75,455 83.1 66,499 73.2 8,956 11.9 15,359 Women, 16 to 64 years Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate..................................................................... . Employed............................................................................. . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed.......................................................................... . Unemployment rate............................................................... . Not in labor force....................................................................... . 2,535 33.4 2,206 29.1 330 13.0 5,050 2,413 31.8 2,115 27.8 298 12.4 5,183 66,445 72.0 61,683 66.9 4,762 7.2 25,811 66,307 71.4 60,814 65.4 5,493 8.3 26,614 Both sexes, 65 years and over Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate..................................................................... . Employed............................................................................. . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed.......................................................................... . Unemployment rate............................................................... . Not in labor force....................................................................... . 810 6.8 771 6.4 38 4.7 11,147 806 6.7 737 6.1 69 8.5 11,213 5,647 21.9 5,284 20.5 363 6.4 20,179 5,845 22.1 5,455 20.6 390 6.7 20,635 NOTE: A person with a disability has at least one of the following conditions: is deaf or has serious difficulty hearing; is blind or has serious difficulty seeing even when wearing glasses; has serious difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition; has serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs; has difficulty dressing or bathing; or has difficulty doing errands alone such as visiting a doctor’s office or shopping because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-7. Employment status of the civilian population by nativity and sex, not seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands] Total Employment status and nativity Mar. 2009 Men Mar. 2010 Mar. 2009 Women Mar. 2010 Mar. 2009 Mar. 2010 Foreign born, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not in labor force.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,675 23,529 67.9 21,274 61.4 2,256 9.6 11,146 34,991 23,855 68.2 21,239 60.7 2,616 11.0 11,136 17,176 13,811 80.4 12,403 72.2 1,408 10.2 3,365 17,428 14,093 80.9 12,501 71.7 1,592 11.3 3,334 17,499 9,718 55.5 8,870 50.7 848 8.7 7,781 17,564 9,762 55.6 8,739 49.8 1,024 10.5 7,802 Native born, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not in labor force.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200,411 130,198 65.0 118,559 59.2 11,639 8.9 70,212 202,168 129,805 64.2 116,743 57.7 13,062 10.1 72,363 96,582 68,027 70.4 60,792 62.9 7,236 10.6 28,555 97,393 67,856 69.7 59,752 61.4 8,104 11.9 29,537 103,829 62,171 59.9 57,767 55.6 4,404 7.1 41,657 104,775 61,949 59.1 56,991 54.4 4,958 8.0 42,825 NOTE: The foreign born are those residing in the United States who were not U.S. citizens at birth. That is, they were born outside the United States or one of its outlying areas such as Puerto Rico or Guam, to parents neither of whom was a U.S. citizen. The native born are persons who were born in the United States or one of its outlying areas such as Puerto Rico or Guam or who were born abroad of at least one parent who was a U.S. citizen. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-8. Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status [In thousands] Not seasonally adjusted Category CLASS OF WORKER Agriculture and related industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wage and salary workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Self-employed workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unpaid family workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonagricultural industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wage and salary workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Private industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Private households........................... . Other industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Self-employed workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unpaid family workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME1 All industries Part time for economic reasons2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Slack work or business conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Could only find part-time work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part time for noneconomic reasons3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonagricultural industries Part time for economic reasons2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Slack work or business conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Could only find part-time work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part time for noneconomic reasons3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seasonally adjusted Mar. 2009 Feb. 2010 Mar. 2010 Mar. 2009 Nov. 2009 Dec. 2009 Jan. 2010 Feb. 2010 Mar. 2010 1,930 1,061 847 22 137,903 128,782 21,072 107,711 738 106,972 9,063 57 2,132 1,261 849 22 135,071 126,091 21,297 104,794 666 104,127 8,900 80 2,103 1,242 835 26 135,880 127,009 21,472 105,537 733 104,804 8,797 74 2,051 1,179 874 – 138,830 129,544 20,894 108,710 – 107,927 9,190 – 2,086 1,331 752 – 136,357 127,160 21,233 105,856 – 105,097 9,111 – 2,056 1,308 755 – 135,717 126,539 21,110 105,428 – 104,666 9,135 – 2,115 1,342 781 – 136,276 127,269 21,227 106,031 – 105,329 9,007 – 2,313 1,362 908 – 136,398 127,261 21,292 105,942 – 105,243 9,029 – 2,217 1,374 851 – 136,715 127,712 21,281 106,447 – 105,682 8,949 – 9,305 7,103 1,969 19,228 9,282 6,708 2,252 18,718 9,343 6,443 2,611 18,739 9,023 6,839 1,847 18,829 9,225 6,684 2,238 18,354 9,165 6,453 2,346 18,364 8,316 5,873 2,295 18,563 8,791 6,185 2,212 18,360 9,054 6,177 2,388 18,379 9,168 7,005 1,957 18,892 9,108 6,584 2,237 18,387 9,210 6,343 2,606 18,430 8,910 6,761 1,848 18,494 9,137 6,616 2,241 18,066 9,055 6,378 2,349 18,056 8,193 5,792 2,288 18,218 8,651 6,079 2,199 18,043 8,946 6,099 2,406 18,066 1 Refers to those who worked 1 to 34 hours during the survey reference week and excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs for the entire week. 2 Refers to those who worked 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for an economic reason such as slack work or unfavorable business conditions, inability to find full-time work, or seasonal declines in demand. 3 Refers to persons who usually work part time for noneconomic reasons such as childcare problems, family or personal obligations, school or training, retirement or Social Security limits on earnings, and other reasons. This excludes persons who usually work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as vacations, holidays, illness, and bad weather. - Data not available. NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-9. Selected employment indicators [Numbers in thousands] Not seasonally adjusted Characteristic Seasonally adjusted Mar. 2009 Feb. 2010 Mar. 2010 Mar. 2009 Nov. 2009 Dec. 2009 Jan. 2010 Feb. 2010 Mar. 2010 AGE AND SEX 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139,833 4,726 1,569 3,157 135,107 12,838 122,269 95,268 29,942 31,654 33,672 27,000 137,203 4,139 1,301 2,838 133,064 12,273 120,792 93,348 29,831 30,375 33,142 27,444 137,983 4,207 1,243 2,964 133,775 12,380 121,396 93,620 29,860 30,623 33,137 27,776 140,854 5,077 1,755 3,300 135,777 13,053 122,665 95,709 30,178 31,805 33,726 26,956 138,381 4,450 1,409 3,036 133,931 12,446 121,539 94,318 29,793 31,031 33,494 27,221 137,792 4,403 1,425 2,987 133,389 12,389 121,012 93,791 29,794 30,744 33,254 27,221 138,333 4,416 1,484 2,938 133,916 12,435 121,404 94,004 30,022 30,683 33,299 27,399 138,641 4,480 1,456 3,043 134,161 12,539 121,471 94,001 30,123 30,560 33,318 27,470 138,905 4,496 1,402 3,093 134,409 12,601 121,731 94,053 30,080 30,730 33,244 27,678 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73,195 2,211 709 1,502 70,984 6,478 64,506 50,369 16,010 16,909 17,450 14,137 71,566 1,960 583 1,377 69,606 6,116 63,490 49,198 15,992 16,218 16,988 14,292 72,253 2,014 602 1,412 70,238 6,248 63,990 49,510 15,999 16,475 17,036 14,481 74,072 2,405 810 1,585 71,667 6,654 65,087 50,901 16,275 17,077 17,549 14,187 72,794 2,131 673 1,453 70,662 6,301 64,375 50,090 16,157 16,719 17,214 14,285 72,499 2,108 672 1,434 70,391 6,234 64,166 49,921 16,118 16,629 17,174 14,245 72,516 2,126 706 1,415 70,390 6,211 64,091 49,807 16,148 16,479 17,180 14,284 72,813 2,190 686 1,496 70,623 6,282 64,267 49,868 16,281 16,404 17,183 14,399 73,092 2,179 689 1,492 70,913 6,410 64,503 50,003 16,261 16,593 17,149 14,500 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,638 2,515 860 1,655 64,123 6,360 57,763 44,899 13,932 14,745 16,223 12,864 65,638 2,179 718 1,461 63,459 6,157 57,302 44,150 13,839 14,157 16,154 13,152 65,730 2,193 640 1,552 63,537 6,132 57,405 44,110 13,861 14,148 16,101 13,295 66,782 2,673 945 1,715 64,110 6,399 57,578 44,809 13,903 14,728 16,178 12,769 65,587 2,318 736 1,583 63,269 6,145 57,164 44,229 13,637 14,312 16,280 12,936 65,293 2,294 753 1,553 62,998 6,155 56,846 43,870 13,676 14,115 16,080 12,976 65,817 2,290 777 1,523 63,527 6,224 57,313 44,197 13,874 14,203 16,119 13,116 65,828 2,290 770 1,546 63,538 6,258 57,204 44,134 13,843 14,156 16,135 13,071 65,813 2,317 713 1,601 63,495 6,191 57,229 44,050 13,819 14,137 16,094 13,179 MARITAL STATUS Married men, spouse present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Married women, spouse present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Women who maintain families. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,356 35,507 8,749 42,951 35,286 8,445 42,954 34,900 8,688 44,451 35,465 – 43,336 34,867 – 43,312 35,004 – 43,126 35,073 – 43,168 35,248 – 43,083 34,887 – FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS Full-time workers1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part-time workers2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112,215 27,617 109,100 28,103 109,877 28,106 113,656 27,022 110,901 27,400 110,254 27,466 110,497 27,718 110,840 27,596 111,256 27,549 MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS Total multiple jobholders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Percent of total employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,723 5.5 7,161 5.2 7,063 5.1 7,609 5.4 7,060 5.1 6,910 5.0 6,961 5.0 7,060 5.1 6,959 5.0 1 Employed full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week. 2 Employed part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per week. - Data not available. NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-10. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted Characteristic Number of unemployed persons (in thousands) Unemployment rates Mar. 2009 Feb. 2010 Mar. 2010 Mar. 2009 Nov. 2009 Dec. 2009 Jan. 2010 Feb. 2010 Mar. 2010 AGE AND SEX 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............................ . 13,310 1,435 551 885 11,876 2,126 9,729 7,956 3,044 2,484 2,428 1,786 14,871 1,491 573 947 13,379 2,384 11,004 8,885 3,276 2,946 2,663 2,107 15,005 1,591 589 1,000 13,414 2,367 11,043 9,029 3,338 2,886 2,805 2,039 8.6 22.0 23.9 21.1 8.0 14.0 7.3 7.7 9.2 7.2 6.7 6.2 10.0 26.8 28.8 26.1 9.3 15.9 8.5 8.9 10.3 8.6 7.8 7.1 10.0 27.1 29.9 25.8 9.3 15.6 8.5 8.9 10.2 8.8 7.9 7.2 9.7 26.4 27.9 25.4 9.0 15.8 8.2 8.6 9.9 8.5 7.6 6.8 9.7 25.0 28.2 23.7 9.1 16.0 8.3 8.6 9.8 8.8 7.4 7.1 9.7 26.1 29.6 24.4 9.1 15.8 8.3 8.8 10.0 8.6 7.8 6.9 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............................ . 7,852 840 318 523 7,013 1,314 5,669 4,696 1,874 1,450 1,372 973 8,683 835 300 563 7,848 1,440 6,432 5,222 1,968 1,709 1,545 1,211 8,803 920 308 612 7,882 1,442 6,413 5,252 2,045 1,593 1,614 1,160 9.6 25.9 28.2 24.8 8.9 16.5 8.0 8.4 10.3 7.8 7.3 6.4 11.2 30.4 30.5 30.5 10.4 18.3 9.5 10.0 11.2 9.3 9.5 7.8 11.0 30.9 33.1 30.2 10.2 18.4 9.2 9.6 11.0 8.9 9.0 7.9 10.8 30.6 30.8 30.3 10.0 19.2 9.0 9.4 10.8 9.0 8.5 7.5 10.7 27.6 30.4 27.3 10.0 18.7 9.1 9.5 10.8 9.4 8.2 7.8 10.7 29.7 30.9 29.1 10.0 18.4 9.0 9.5 11.2 8.8 8.6 7.4 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 over1 .......................... . 5,458 595 232 362 4,863 812 4,059 3,260 1,170 1,034 1,055 789 6,187 656 273 384 5,531 944 4,572 3,663 1,308 1,238 1,118 911 6,203 671 281 388 5,532 925 4,631 3,777 1,293 1,293 1,192 841 7.6 18.2 19.7 17.4 7.1 11.3 6.6 6.8 7.8 6.6 6.1 5.8 8.6 23.1 27.1 21.5 8.0 13.3 7.3 7.5 9.3 7.7 5.9 6.2 8.8 23.1 26.8 21.3 8.2 12.5 7.6 8.1 9.2 8.6 6.6 5.8 8.4 21.9 25.0 20.1 7.9 12.2 7.3 7.7 8.8 7.9 6.7 6.1 8.6 22.3 26.2 19.9 8.0 13.1 7.4 7.7 8.6 8.0 6.5 6.5 8.6 22.4 28.3 19.5 8.0 13.0 7.5 7.9 8.6 8.4 6.9 6.0 MARITAL STATUS Married men, spouse present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Married women, spouse present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Women who maintain families1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,823 2,056 1,058 3,149 2,278 1,112 3,097 2,242 1,102 6.0 5.5 10.8 7.5 5.7 11.4 7.3 5.8 13.0 6.6 5.8 12.3 6.8 6.1 11.6 6.7 6.0 11.3 FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS Full-time workers2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part-time workers3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,623 1,696 13,053 1,828 13,079 1,977 9.3 5.9 11.0 5.6 10.9 6.0 10.4 6.4 10.5 6.2 10.5 6.7 1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 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. 3 Part-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work part time (less than 35 hours per week) or are on layoff from part-time jobs. NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-11. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment [Numbers in thousands] Not seasonally adjusted Reason Mar. 2009 Seasonally adjusted Feb. 2010 Mar. 2010 Mar. 2009 Nov. 2009 Dec. 2009 Jan. 2010 Feb. 2010 Mar. 2010 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,315 1,990 7,325 5,880 1,445 850 2,984 747 10,664 2,100 8,564 7,129 1,435 874 3,449 1,005 10,311 2,015 8,296 6,837 1,459 856 3,521 991 8,434 1,581 6,853 5,455 1,364 884 3,017 881 9,965 1,548 8,418 6,920 1,439 929 3,221 1,270 9,701 1,558 8,143 6,773 1,448 932 3,334 1,270 9,323 1,454 7,869 6,424 1,445 914 3,585 1,235 9,550 1,558 7,992 6,666 1,326 866 3,451 1,238 9,354 1,595 7,758 6,393 1,366 894 3,544 1,197 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . On temporary layoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not on temporary layoff........................... . Job leavers............................................ . Reentrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New entrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.0 14.3 52.7 6.1 21.5 5.4 66.7 13.1 53.6 5.5 21.6 6.3 65.8 12.9 52.9 5.5 22.5 6.3 63.8 12.0 51.9 6.7 22.8 6.7 64.8 10.1 54.7 6.0 20.9 8.3 63.7 10.2 53.4 6.1 21.9 8.3 61.9 9.7 52.3 6.1 23.8 8.2 63.2 10.3 52.9 5.7 22.8 8.2 62.4 10.6 51.8 6.0 23.6 8.0 UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Job leavers............................................ . Reentrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New entrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1 0.6 1.9 0.5 7.0 0.6 2.3 0.7 6.7 0.6 2.3 0.6 5.5 0.6 2.0 0.6 6.5 0.6 2.1 0.8 6.3 0.6 2.2 0.8 6.1 0.6 2.3 0.8 6.2 0.6 2.2 0.8 6.1 0.6 2.3 0.8 NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-12. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment [Numbers in thousands] Not seasonally adjusted Duration Mar. 2009 Feb. 2010 Mar. 2010 Seasonally adjusted Mar. 2009 Nov. 2009 Dec. 2009 Jan. 2010 Feb. 2010 Mar. 2010 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED Less than 5 weeks.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 to 14 weeks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 weeks and over................................... . 15 to 26 weeks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 weeks and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,067 4,523 6,305 2,971 3,334 2,607 4,139 9,245 2,959 6,286 2,402 3,599 9,676 2,966 6,711 3,314 4,032 5,815 2,574 3,241 2,774 3,517 8,976 3,075 5,901 2,929 3,486 8,969 2,840 6,130 3,008 3,362 8,945 2,632 6,313 2,748 3,412 8,829 2,696 6,133 2,646 3,228 8,983 2,436 6,547 Average (mean) duration, in weeks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Median duration, in weeks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.2 13.1 29.3 19.6 32.1 21.6 20.8 11.9 28.6 20.2 29.1 20.5 30.2 19.9 29.7 19.4 31.2 20.0 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION Less than 5 weeks.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 to 14 weeks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 weeks and over................................... . 15 to 26 weeks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 weeks and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.1 32.5 45.4 21.4 24.0 16.3 25.9 57.8 18.5 39.3 15.3 23.0 61.7 18.9 42.8 25.2 30.6 44.2 19.6 24.6 18.2 23.0 58.8 20.1 38.7 19.0 22.7 58.3 18.5 39.8 19.6 22.0 58.4 17.2 41.2 18.3 22.8 58.9 18.0 40.9 17.8 21.7 60.5 16.4 44.1 NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-13. Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands] Employed Occupation Total, 16 years and over1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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............. . Unemployed Unemployment rates Mar. 2009 Mar. 2010 Mar. 2009 Mar. 2010 Mar. 2009 Mar. 2010 139,833 52,345 137,983 52,163 13,895 2,292 15,678 2,600 9.0 4.2 10.2 4.7 21,813 30,533 24,074 33,967 15,531 18,436 21,267 30,896 24,229 33,527 15,366 18,161 1,038 1,254 2,495 3,020 1,511 1,509 1,212 1,387 2,770 3,352 1,655 1,697 4.5 3.9 9.4 8.2 8.9 7.6 5.4 4.3 10.3 9.1 9.7 8.5 13,223 803 7,196 5,224 12,758 852 6,968 4,938 2,727 216 2,067 445 3,028 238 2,275 515 17.1 21.2 22.3 7.8 19.2 21.8 24.6 9.4 16,223 7,647 8,575 15,305 7,544 7,761 2,585 1,343 1,242 2,888 1,449 1,440 13.7 14.9 12.7 15.9 16.1 15.6 1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the U.S. Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total. NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-14. Unemployed persons by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted Industry and class of worker Total, 16 years and over1 ............................................................... . Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction.................................... . 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Number of unemployed persons (in thousands) Unemployment rates Mar. 2009 Mar. 2010 Mar. 2009 Mar. 2010 13,895 11,685 105 1,979 1,912 1,307 605 1,852 558 252 639 1,597 931 1,484 377 241 598 625 15,678 12,901 73 2,251 1,898 1,289 608 2,097 569 322 717 1,785 1,101 1,571 517 266 881 639 9.0 9.8 12.6 21.1 12.2 13.1 10.6 9.0 9.0 7.8 6.8 11.4 4.5 11.6 6.0 19.0 2.8 5.9 10.2 10.9 10.1 24.9 12.6 13.6 10.7 10.1 9.7 10.4 7.7 12.4 5.2 12.5 8.4 18.0 3.9 6.2 1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the U.S. Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total. NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-15. Alternative measures of labor underutilization [Percent] Not seasonally adjusted Measure Seasonally adjusted Mar. 2009 Feb. 2010 Mar. 2010 Mar. 2009 Nov. 2009 Dec. 2009 Jan. 2010 Feb. 2010 Mar. 2010 U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1 6.0 6.3 3.8 5.8 5.9 5.8 5.8 5.8 U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1 7.0 6.7 5.5 6.5 6.3 6.1 6.2 6.1 U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official unemployment rate). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.0 10.4 10.2 8.6 10.0 10.0 9.7 9.7 9.7 U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.4 11.1 10.8 9.0 10.5 10.5 10.3 10.4 10.3 U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all other persons marginally attached to the labor force, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.3 11.9 11.5 9.9 11.3 11.4 11.2 11.1 11.1 U-6 Total unemployed, plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force, plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force................................................. . 16.2 17.9 17.5 15.6 17.2 17.3 16.5 16.8 16.9 NOTE: Persons marginally attached to the labor force are those 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 past 12 months. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for work. Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to settle for a part-time schedule. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-16. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands] Total Category Mar. 2009 Men Mar. 2010 Mar. 2009 Women Mar. 2010 Mar. 2009 Mar. 2010 NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE Total not in the labor force............................................ . Persons who currently want a job. . . . ............................. . Marginally attached to the labor force1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Discouraged workers2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other persons marginally attached to the labor force3 . . . . 81,358 5,535 2,106 685 1,421 83,499 5,719 2,255 994 1,261 31,919 2,674 1,136 433 703 32,872 2,795 1,263 624 639 49,438 2,861 970 252 717 50,627 2,924 992 370 622 MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS Total multiple jobholders4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Percent of total employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,723 5.5 4,204 1,949 242 1,277 7,063 5.1 3,821 1,823 258 1,126 3,732 5.1 2,234 604 158 698 3,536 4.9 2,110 613 174 618 3,991 6.0 1,970 1,345 84 579 3,527 5.4 1,712 1,210 84 508 1 Data refer to persons who want a job, have searched for work during the prior 12 months, and were available to take a job during the reference week, but had not looked for work in the past 4 weeks. 2 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for reasons such as 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 number for whom reason for nonparticipation was not determined. 4 Includes a small number of persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately. NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail [In thousands] Not seasonally adjusted Industry Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seasonally adjusted Mar. 2009 Jan. 2010 Feb. 2010p Mar. 2010p Mar. 2009 Jan. 2010 Feb. 2010p Mar. 2010p 131,175 108,215 18,776 127,614 105,252 17,375 128,083 105,337 17,272 128,926 106,046 17,447 132,070 109,510 19,233 129,602 107,123 17,876 129,588 107,131 17,829 129,750 107,254 17,870 Change from: Feb.2010 Mar.2010p 162 123 41 Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mining, except oil and gas1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coal mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Support activities for mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 714 47.7 666.2 161.4 207.9 85.2 296.9 669 46.1 622.4 161.3 198.1 79.4 263.0 676 46.4 629.7 160.7 199.4 80.3 269.6 687 44.8 642.0 161.6 205.0 80.6 275.4 728 50.3 677.9 162.8 217.3 85.3 297.8 684 47.0 637.2 160.9 209.3 79.6 267.0 690 47.0 643.2 161.5 211.0 80.3 270.7 699 47.2 651.3 162.9 213.1 80.5 275.3 9 0.2 8.1 1.4 2.1 0.2 4.6 Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Construction of buildings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Residential building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonresidential building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heavy and civil engineering construction. . . . . . . Specialty trade contractors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Residential specialty trade contractors. . . . . . . Nonresidential specialty trade contractors. . . . 5,950 1,363.9 638.0 725.9 808.0 3,778.4 1,588.3 2,190.1 5,252 1,209.9 560.1 649.8 699.3 3,342.8 1,450.2 1,892.6 5,152 1,187.4 551.3 636.1 686.6 3,278.4 1,437.5 1,840.9 5,276 1,212.5 557.7 654.8 719.4 3,343.7 1,448.8 1,894.9 6,293 1,422.5 671.8 750.7 887.8 3,982.8 1,690.1 2,292.7 5,636 1,266.3 592.7 673.6 800.8 3,568.4 1,557.6 2,010.8 5,577 1,251.7 586.0 665.7 792.1 3,533.0 1,552.1 1,980.9 5,592 1,260.3 585.2 675.1 798.1 3,533.1 1,542.8 1,990.3 15 8.6 -0.8 9.4 6.0 0.1 -9.3 9.4 Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,112 11,454 11,444 11,484 12,212 11,556 11,562 11,579 17 Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wood products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonmetallic mineral products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Primary metals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fabricated metal products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Machinery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Computer and electronic products1 . . . . . . . . . . Computer and peripheral equipment. . . . . . . Communication equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Semiconductors and electronic components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electronic instruments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electrical equipment and appliances. . . . . . . . . Transportation equipment1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Motor vehicles and parts2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Furniture and related products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miscellaneous manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,532 365.4 393.9 381.1 1,359.8 1,074.7 1,173.2 174.7 122.7 7,010 338.0 365.4 354.3 1,266.6 973.4 1,091.6 158.7 119.2 7,004 337.2 363.5 356.9 1,263.0 975.7 1,088.5 157.2 119.5 7,040 340.0 368.2 361.3 1,272.3 980.9 1,089.3 157.5 118.9 7,580 375.4 407.1 381.9 1,367.3 1,079.3 1,175.0 174.8 123.0 7,062 348.3 382.2 353.5 1,268.4 975.6 1,091.6 158.2 118.1 7,065 348.5 382.3 358.2 1,272.9 979.5 1,090.9 157.8 118.6 7,086 350.0 380.6 361.8 1,282.0 985.4 1,090.9 157.4 119.2 21 1.5 -1.7 3.6 9.1 5.9 0.0 -0.4 0.6 394.4 428.5 385.6 1,407.4 703.6 400.3 590.8 359.0 407.7 362.2 1,330.6 666.5 356.6 571.5 360.3 405.2 363.2 1,327.8 666.9 356.3 572.2 361.3 404.7 364.0 1,335.6 672.2 355.7 572.5 394.8 429.2 387.7 1,408.3 702.8 403.6 594.5 360.0 408.2 362.5 1,343.6 678.8 361.0 575.1 361.2 406.7 364.2 1,332.9 668.8 360.6 575.2 361.8 405.5 365.6 1,335.4 671.3 358.7 575.1 0.6 -1.2 1.4 2.5 2.5 -1.9 -0.1 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,580 1,422.5 183.8 127.9 127.7 174.0 29.8 412.2 538.7 112.6 812.2 638.2 4,444 1,423.9 177.3 120.9 121.3 164.9 28.4 396.8 497.6 107.8 787.0 617.7 4,440 1,423.2 177.0 122.4 121.0 166.6 28.4 396.6 496.3 108.5 782.2 617.6 4,444 1,429.4 178.1 121.8 121.2 167.1 28.4 392.7 493.3 110.1 780.0 622.0 4,632 1,451.1 189.6 128.6 128.4 175.5 30.0 415.6 541.0 115.7 813.7 643.2 4,494 1,450.6 182.3 121.1 121.6 168.9 28.5 397.2 499.6 113.3 788.7 622.4 4,497 1,455.2 183.4 122.8 122.0 168.2 28.7 398.0 499.3 113.2 783.7 622.2 4,493 1,457.8 183.9 121.8 121.8 168.0 28.5 395.4 495.2 113.4 781.5 625.9 -4 2.6 0.5 -1.0 -0.2 -0.2 -0.2 -2.6 -4.1 0.2 -2.2 3.7 Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89,439 87,877 88,065 88,599 90,277 89,247 89,302 89,384 82 Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,873 24,465 24,280 24,426 25,174 24,666 24,669 24,700 31 Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electronic markets and agents and brokers.. . 5,638.4 2,856.4 1,968.1 813.9 5,506.9 2,745.9 1,946.8 814.2 5,506.5 2,744.4 1,943.5 818.6 5,535.4 2,750.5 1,961.4 823.5 5,671.9 2,868.1 1,986.2 817.6 5,556.3 2,761.9 1,975.1 819.3 5,559.9 2,763.8 1,972.0 824.1 5,568.9 2,763.0 1,978.6 827.3 9.0 -0.8 6.6 3.2 Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Motor vehicle and parts dealers1 . . . . . . . . . . . . Automobile dealers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Furniture and home furnishings stores. . . . . . . 14,404.8 1,641.1 1,029.0 451.9 14,300.0 1,589.9 999.1 444.0 14,135.9 1,593.7 1,001.3 435.1 14,227.1 1,606.5 1,006.6 433.1 14,635.2 1,657.8 1,036.6 461.6 14,409.1 1,622.5 1,013.6 439.8 14,417.4 1,621.0 1,012.8 441.3 14,432.3 1,622.5 1,013.5 441.9 14.9 1.5 0.7 0.6 See footnotes at end of table. 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. 2009 Jan. 2010 Feb. 2010p Mar. 2010p Mar. 2009 Jan. 2010 Feb. 2010p Mar. 2010p Change from: Feb.2010 Mar.2010p Electronics and appliance stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . Building material and garden supply stores.. . Food and beverage stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Health and personal care stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . Gasoline stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clothing and clothing accessories stores. . . . . Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General merchandise stores1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Department stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miscellaneous store retailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonstore retailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484.6 1,152.1 2,813.5 981.6 817.3 1,327.2 487.8 1,099.3 2,801.4 981.9 811.8 1,369.2 478.2 1,112.5 2,776.4 971.7 808.3 1,322.5 478.0 1,153.3 2,779.0 970.8 809.9 1,334.2 489.6 1,176.8 2,839.6 987.4 827.1 1,379.6 481.0 1,154.6 2,813.3 980.9 820.9 1,371.6 481.8 1,163.1 2,804.9 977.0 820.1 1,373.0 481.0 1,174.6 2,804.2 976.5 819.9 1,378.3 -0.8 11.5 -0.7 -0.5 -0.2 5.3 605.1 2,945.0 1,445.8 770.7 414.7 621.7 2,918.3 1,482.8 759.0 415.7 603.5 2,863.0 1,439.3 762.2 408.8 591.2 2,907.7 1,448.0 752.7 410.7 623.7 2,976.1 1,479.1 791.6 424.3 608.8 2,927.8 1,471.0 772.6 415.3 611.9 2,934.5 1,477.1 772.0 416.8 609.2 2,933.9 1,476.5 771.2 419.1 -2.7 -0.6 -0.6 -0.8 2.3 Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Air transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rail transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Water transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Truck transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transit and ground passenger transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pipeline transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scenic and sightseeing transportation. . . . . . . . Support activities for transportation. . . . . . . . . . . Couriers and messengers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Warehousing and storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,267.4 466.2 224.1 63.0 1,268.4 4,100.6 451.3 212.8 61.4 1,201.6 4,082.0 451.2 213.1 58.7 1,194.6 4,106.9 450.7 213.9 59.6 1,204.9 4,303.6 466.8 225.0 65.6 1,293.4 4,142.5 454.1 213.2 62.9 1,232.1 4,133.3 452.9 213.6 62.3 1,229.1 4,141.1 450.9 214.2 62.3 1,229.7 7.8 -2.0 0.6 0.0 0.6 435.9 41.7 20.9 556.3 546.7 644.2 424.8 40.9 20.6 533.7 521.8 631.7 422.7 40.6 20.5 532.9 517.7 630.0 427.6 40.6 21.6 535.0 515.9 637.1 422.1 41.9 27.0 560.7 551.2 649.9 414.8 41.0 27.5 538.2 523.8 634.9 410.7 40.9 27.5 535.5 522.8 638.0 414.2 40.9 27.6 538.6 521.6 641.1 3.5 0.0 0.1 3.1 -1.2 3.1 Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561.9 557.6 556.0 556.1 563.3 558.5 558.0 557.7 -0.3 Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Publishing industries, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . Motion picture and sound recording industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Broadcasting, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Telecommunications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Data processing, hosting and related services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other information services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,860 819.0 2,719 766.4 2,734 761.6 2,727 760.6 2,861 820.4 2,745 770.8 2,738 763.5 2,726 761.4 -12 -2.1 360.2 306.5 990.1 324.1 293.8 953.3 345.0 294.7 948.3 344.8 296.2 943.3 359.3 307.4 989.4 341.9 295.2 951.9 346.1 296.1 946.8 342.6 296.7 943.0 -3.5 0.6 -3.8 250.8 133.8 246.1 135.6 248.1 136.0 247.5 135.0 250.2 133.9 249.7 135.8 249.6 135.7 247.3 135.2 -2.3 -0.5 Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Finance and insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Monetary authorities - central bank. . . . . . . . . . . Credit intermediation and related activities1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Depository credit intermediation1 . . . . . . . . . . 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. . . . . 7,814 5,825.6 21.4 7,592 5,669.5 21.1 7,581 5,662.3 21.1 7,564 5,646.8 21.2 7,852 5,827.9 21.5 7,635 5,677.0 21.2 7,620 5,663.7 21.2 7,599 5,646.6 21.2 -21 -17.1 0.0 2,624.3 1,766.0 1,323.9 2,564.7 1,749.9 1,311.8 2,568.2 1,748.1 1,310.4 2,562.4 1,747.0 1,309.2 2,625.0 1,769.6 1,326.0 2,565.5 1,748.5 1,310.1 2,565.4 1,749.3 1,310.9 2,560.9 1,750.3 1,311.1 -4.5 1.0 0.2 826.2 2,265.2 88.5 1,988.4 1,411.5 550.4 26.5 792.7 2,204.9 86.1 1,922.2 1,376.4 521.0 24.8 789.9 2,198.6 84.5 1,918.7 1,375.8 518.3 24.6 787.1 2,191.8 84.3 1,917.0 1,370.2 522.2 24.6 825.7 2,267.3 88.4 2,024.2 1,432.3 565.0 26.9 792.6 2,212.1 85.6 1,958.3 1,399.4 533.7 25.2 789.5 2,202.8 84.8 1,956.1 1,397.7 533.5 24.9 786.4 2,193.6 84.5 1,951.9 1,391.6 535.3 25.0 -3.1 -9.2 -0.3 -4.2 -6.1 1.8 0.1 16,554 7,651.5 1,131.4 1,040.9 1,338.9 16,220 7,456.8 1,096.0 1,024.9 1,266.3 16,284 7,500.4 1,099.2 1,057.9 1,262.1 16,350 7,468.0 1,101.5 1,020.8 1,263.7 16,774 7,583.7 1,136.5 925.7 1,358.6 16,511 7,417.7 1,105.0 919.0 1,283.7 16,551 7,416.1 1,105.7 915.1 1,281.9 16,562 7,403.6 1,105.2 908.7 1,281.7 11 -12.5 -0.5 -6.4 -0.2 1,417.2 1,431.5 1,435.8 1,426.2 1,423.0 1,433.4 1,438.3 1,432.5 -5.8 983.7 1,881.5 7,020.6 972.9 1,813.2 6,950.2 973.7 1,811.8 6,971.7 974.9 1,816.9 7,065.1 991.5 1,885.5 7,304.4 986.3 1,819.2 7,273.6 984.9 1,818.6 7,316.5 986.0 1,817.7 7,340.8 1.1 -0.9 24.3 Industry Retail trade - Continued Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Professional and technical services1 . . . . . . . . . . . Legal services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accounting and bookkeeping services. . . . . . . Architectural and engineering services. . . . . . . Computer systems design and related services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Management and technical consulting services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Management of companies and enterprises. . . . Administrative and waste services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . See footnotes at end of table. 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. 2009 Jan. 2010 Feb. 2010p Mar. 2010p Mar. 2009 Jan. 2010 Feb. 2010p Mar. 2010p Change from: Feb.2010 Mar.2010p Administrative and support services1 . . . . . . . . Employment services1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Temporary help services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Business support services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Services to buildings and dwellings. . . . . . . . Waste management and remediation services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,678.3 2,412.1 1,753.9 833.4 1,634.1 6,608.8 2,479.9 1,846.4 802.4 1,558.3 6,633.2 2,510.1 1,866.8 798.7 1,560.5 6,723.9 2,578.7 1,927.0 795.2 1,575.6 6,955.7 2,554.5 1,871.2 826.4 1,763.9 6,927.0 2,629.3 1,960.2 801.5 1,710.9 6,969.3 2,669.8 1,996.9 795.9 1,716.4 6,992.5 2,712.4 2,037.1 790.4 1,701.5 23.2 42.6 40.2 -5.5 -14.9 342.3 341.4 338.5 341.2 348.7 346.6 347.2 348.3 1.1 Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Educational services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Health care3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ambulatory health care services1 . . . . . . . . . Offices of physicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Outpatient care centers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Home health care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hospitals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nursing and residential care facilities1 . . . . Nursing care facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Social assistance1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Child day care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,230 3,232.7 15,997.6 13,438.6 5,717.9 2,260.4 539.4 1,003.0 4,660.6 3,060.1 1,633.4 2,559.0 874.3 19,260 3,037.1 16,222.8 13,618.5 5,837.3 2,307.0 543.7 1,045.4 4,696.7 3,084.5 1,638.6 2,604.3 867.2 19,496 3,258.1 16,237.8 13,623.4 5,843.4 2,305.2 543.9 1,045.3 4,694.3 3,085.7 1,637.8 2,614.4 873.0 19,579 3,279.5 16,299.3 13,663.4 5,863.9 2,310.2 544.5 1,053.1 4,696.3 3,103.2 1,646.5 2,635.9 882.1 19,095 3,084.8 16,010.4 13,468.4 5,731.7 2,266.2 539.7 1,005.6 4,670.0 3,066.7 1,637.4 2,542.0 857.7 19,370 3,111.5 16,258.2 13,654.0 5,855.0 2,309.7 544.7 1,050.9 4,702.5 3,096.5 1,644.9 2,604.2 859.8 19,397 3,119.2 16,277.4 13,668.1 5,862.7 2,311.4 544.8 1,052.2 4,703.8 3,101.6 1,646.8 2,609.3 860.9 19,442 3,127.6 16,314.1 13,694.9 5,878.2 2,315.4 545.5 1,056.5 4,705.7 3,111.0 1,651.1 2,619.2 864.1 45 8.4 36.7 26.8 15.5 4.0 0.7 4.3 1.9 9.4 4.3 9.9 3.2 Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . . . . . . . . . Performing arts and spectator sports. . . . . . . . . Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks. . . Amusements, gambling, and recreation. . . . . . Accommodation and food services. . . . . . . . . . . . . Accommodation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Food services and drinking places. . . . . . . . . . . 12,748 1,778.0 375.4 120.2 1,282.4 10,969.6 1,709.2 9,260.4 12,381 1,672.1 350.7 116.5 1,204.9 10,708.6 1,643.5 9,065.1 12,433 1,693.5 367.4 117.0 1,209.1 10,739.5 1,651.2 9,088.3 12,662 1,747.8 370.1 121.4 1,256.3 10,914.2 1,667.0 9,247.2 13,137 1,931.8 398.2 129.5 1,404.1 11,205.5 1,771.4 9,434.1 13,003 1,884.8 390.1 128.2 1,366.5 11,117.7 1,726.1 9,391.6 13,019 1,893.2 396.4 129.5 1,367.3 11,125.8 1,726.6 9,399.2 13,041 1,900.6 393.0 130.5 1,377.1 11,140.3 1,726.4 9,413.9 22 7.4 -3.4 1.0 9.8 14.5 -0.2 14.7 Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repair and maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Personal and laundry services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Membership associations and organizations. . . . 5,360 1,159.6 1,281.3 2,919.2 5,240 1,122.5 1,246.9 2,871.0 5,257 1,124.2 1,256.1 2,876.4 5,291 1,138.0 1,262.2 2,890.5 5,384 1,162.6 1,290.7 2,930.8 5,317 1,138.5 1,268.4 2,910.5 5,308 1,135.6 1,271.3 2,901.2 5,314 1,138.7 1,270.7 2,905.0 6 3.1 -0.6 3.8 Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Federal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Federal, except U.S. Postal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.S. Postal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . State government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . State government education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . State government, excluding education. . . . . . . . . . . Local government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Local government education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Local government, excluding education. . . . . . . . . . . 22,960 2,779.0 2,061.3 717.5 5,320.0 2,510.5 2,809.0 14,861.0 8,471.4 6,389.6 22,362 2,834.0 2,149.6 684.6 5,081.0 2,309.2 2,771.8 14,447.0 8,133.9 6,312.6 22,746 2,834.0 2,171.9 662.0 5,287.0 2,517.2 2,769.9 14,625.0 8,323.7 6,301.0 22,880 2,892.0 2,231.9 660.5 5,302.0 2,534.2 2,768.0 14,686.0 8,378.5 6,307.8 22,560 2,797.0 2,077.0 719.5 5,183.0 2,365.3 2,817.6 14,580.0 8,092.4 6,487.3 22,479 2,857.0 2,181.4 675.9 5,169.0 2,383.2 2,785.8 14,453.0 8,025.1 6,427.9 22,457 2,863.0 2,196.3 666.9 5,171.0 2,389.4 2,781.4 14,423.0 8,002.8 6,420.5 22,496 2,911.0 2,247.6 663.4 5,166.0 2,389.0 2,777.2 14,419.0 8,005.3 6,414.0 39 48.0 51.3 -3.5 -5.0 -0.4 -4.2 -4.0 2.5 -6.5 Industry Administrative and waste services - Continued 1 Includes other industries, not shown separately. 2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts. 3 Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-2. Average weekly hours and overtime of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted Mar. 2009 Jan. 2010 Feb. 2010p Mar. 2010p AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS Total private............................................................................. . Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Construction.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Durable goods... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................................................. . Nondurable goods.............................................................. . Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Retail trade...................................................................... . Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Utilities........................................................................... . Information......................................................................... . Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other services..................................................................... . 34.0 38.4 42.4 37.3 38.7 38.9 38.5 33.1 34.3 38.0 31.4 38.3 41.1 36.3 36.5 35.1 33.3 25.7 31.9 34.0 39.2 43.0 37.3 39.9 40.1 39.7 32.9 34.0 37.8 31.2 37.9 40.5 36.7 36.8 35.3 32.8 25.6 31.5 33.9 38.9 42.7 36.7 39.7 39.9 39.2 32.9 33.9 37.8 31.1 37.7 40.7 36.7 36.8 35.2 32.8 25.6 31.5 34.0 39.2 43.0 37.1 39.9 40.3 39.4 33.0 34.0 37.9 31.2 37.8 40.8 36.8 36.9 35.2 32.8 25.7 31.7 AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS Manufacturing........................................................................... . Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nondurable goods................................................................... . 2.1 1.9 2.5 2.8 2.6 3.0 2.8 2.6 3.0 2.9 2.8 3.0 Industry p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings Industry Mar. 2009 Jan. 2010 Feb. 2010p Mar. 2010p Total private................................................ . Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Retail trade......................................... . Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Utilities.............. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................. . Information............................................ . Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other services........................................ . $22.08 23.71 27.51 24.76 22.94 24.36 20.60 21.67 19.19 25.01 15.33 20.41 32.95 28.82 26.28 26.92 22.31 12.88 19.11 $22.45 23.91 26.90 25.21 23.13 24.68 20.66 22.10 19.63 26.13 15.51 20.83 32.78 30.14 26.90 27.14 22.62 13.09 20.02 $22.49 23.95 27.09 25.28 23.16 24.70 20.70 22.15 19.68 26.27 15.52 20.90 32.36 30.35 26.94 27.25 22.64 13.08 20.02 $22.47 23.86 26.95 25.27 23.03 24.51 20.64 22.14 19.71 26.30 15.53 20.97 32.46 30.42 26.97 27.21 22.62 13.08 20.01 p = preliminary. Mar. 2009 Jan. 2010 Feb. 2010p Mar. 2010p $ 750.72 $ 763.30 $ 762.41 $ 763.98 910.46 937.27 931.66 935.31 1,166.42 1,156.70 1,156.74 1,158.85 923.55 940.33 927.78 937.52 887.78 922.89 919.45 918.90 947.60 989.67 985.53 987.75 793.10 820.20 811.44 813.22 717.28 727.09 728.74 730.62 658.22 667.42 667.15 670.14 950.38 987.71 993.01 996.77 481.36 483.91 482.67 484.54 781.70 789.46 787.93 792.67 1,354.25 1,327.59 1,317.05 1,324.37 1,046.17 1,106.14 1,113.85 1,119.46 959.22 989.92 991.39 995.19 944.89 958.04 959.20 957.79 742.92 741.94 742.59 741.94 331.02 335.10 334.85 336.16 609.61 630.63 630.63 634.32 ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-4. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours and payrolls for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted [2007=100] Index of aggregate weekly hours1 Index of aggregate weekly payrolls2 Industry Mar. 2009 Jan. 2010 Feb. 2010p Mar. 2010p Percent change from: Feb. 2010 Mar. 2010p Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Construction................................. . Manufacturing............................... . Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . . . . . Wholesale trade.......................... . Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Professional and business services...... . Education and health services. . . . ........ . Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.3 84.1 97.0 80.9 85.0 83.0 89.0 96.0 93.8 94.0 93.3 94.3 100.1 94.8 94.4 92.6 103.5 96.3 95.2 91.3 79.8 92.4 72.4 83.0 79.7 89.1 94.3 91.1 91.6 91.3 89.9 97.8 92.0 92.6 91.7 103.4 95.0 92.8 91.0 79.0 92.6 70.5 82.6 79.4 88.0 94.4 90.9 91.7 91.1 89.2 98.2 91.8 92.4 91.6 103.6 95.1 92.6 91.4 79.8 94.4 71.5 83.1 80.4 88.4 94.7 91.3 92.1 91.4 89.6 98.4 91.6 92.4 91.7 103.8 95.6 93.3 0.4 1.0 1.9 1.4 0.6 1.3 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.8 Mar. 2009 Jan. 2010 Feb. 2010p Mar. 2010p Percent change from: Feb. 2010 Mar. 2010p 98.2 90.2 107.1 87.0 90.7 89.8 93.0 100.8 96.9 98.2 94.6 97.7 109.0 97.3 96.9 101.0 108.2 100.1 103.2 97.7 86.3 99.8 79.4 89.2 87.4 93.3 101.0 96.3 99.9 93.6 95.0 106.0 98.7 97.2 100.8 109.6 100.3 105.4 97.6 85.5 100.7 77.5 88.9 87.1 92.4 101.3 96.3 100.5 93.4 94.6 105.0 99.2 97.2 101.2 109.8 100.4 105.3 97.9 86.1 102.2 78.5 89.0 87.5 92.5 101.6 96.8 101.1 93.9 95.3 105.6 99.2 97.3 101.1 110.0 100.9 106.0 0.3 0.7 1.5 1.3 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.2 0.5 0.7 1 The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding 2007 annual average aggregate hours. Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and employment. 2 The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate weekly payrolls by the corresponding 2007 annual average aggregate weekly payrolls. Aggregate payrolls estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly earnings, average weekly hours, and employment. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-5. Employment of women on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted Women employees (in thousands) Percent of all employees Industry Mar. 2009 Jan. 2010 Feb. 2010p Mar. 2010p Mar. 2009 Jan. 2010 Feb. 2010p Mar. 2010p Total nonfarm.............. . . . . . . . . . . . ..................... . Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goods-producing..................................... . Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manufacturing...................................... . Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Financial activities................................. . Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leisure and hospitality............................ . Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,696 52,761 4,420 100 830 3,490 1,877 1,613 48,341 10,386 1,741.3 7,449.2 1,050.3 144.7 1,201 4,653 7,572 14,784 6,914 2,831 12,935 64,690 51,873 4,146 98 748 3,300 1,744 1,556 47,727 10,072 1,679.2 7,257.3 997.6 137.5 1,128 4,518 7,414 14,974 6,819 2,802 12,817 64,646 51,845 4,146 98 745 3,303 1,744 1,559 47,699 10,072 1,685.8 7,258.9 989.3 137.5 1,122 4,504 7,397 14,980 6,821 2,803 12,801 64,695 51,887 4,153 98 742 3,313 1,750 1,563 47,734 10,082 1,689.9 7,264.4 992.0 136.0 1,117 4,488 7,389 15,012 6,846 2,800 12,808 49.7 48.2 23.0 13.7 13.2 28.6 24.8 34.8 53.5 41.3 30.7 50.9 24.4 25.7 42.0 59.3 45.1 77.4 52.6 52.6 57.3 49.9 48.4 23.2 14.3 13.3 28.6 24.7 34.6 53.5 40.8 30.2 50.4 24.1 24.6 41.1 59.2 44.9 77.3 52.4 52.7 57.0 49.9 48.4 23.3 14.2 13.4 28.6 24.7 34.7 53.4 40.8 30.3 50.3 23.9 24.6 41.0 59.1 44.7 77.2 52.4 52.8 57.0 49.9 48.4 23.2 14.0 13.3 28.6 24.7 34.8 53.4 40.8 30.3 50.3 24.0 24.4 41.0 59.1 44.6 77.2 52.5 52.7 56.9 p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-6. Employment of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted1 [In thousands] Industry Mar. 2009 Jan. 2010 Feb. 2010p Mar. 2010p Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goods-producing....... . . . . . . . . . . . ..................................................... . Mining and logging.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Construction.......................................................................... . Manufacturing........................................................................ . Durable goods..................................................................... . Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trade, transportation, and utilities................................................. . Wholesale trade................................................................... . Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transportation and warehousing................................................ . Utilities.............................................................................. . Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Financial activities... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............ . Professional and business services............................................... . Education and health services..................................................... . Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............... . Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90,247 13,942 543 4,806 8,593 5,211 3,382 76,305 21,392 4,587.1 12,593.8 3,757.0 454.0 2,292 6,069 13,688 16,750 11,614 4,500 88,300 12,901 501 4,287 8,113 4,828 3,285 75,399 20,887 4,472.7 12,372.2 3,596.6 445.6 2,188 5,912 13,507 16,982 11,475 4,448 88,301 12,862 505 4,241 8,116 4,829 3,287 75,439 20,903 4,478.2 12,388.6 3,590.3 445.4 2,190 5,898 13,537 16,997 11,478 4,436 88,449 12,893 513 4,250 8,130 4,847 3,283 75,556 20,961 4,484.1 12,429.9 3,601.1 445.8 2,177 5,880 13,562 17,026 11,508 4,442 1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-7. Average weekly hours and overtime of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted1 Mar. 2009 Jan. 2010 Feb. 2010p Mar. 2010p AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS Total private............................................................................. . Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Construction.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Durable goods... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................................................. . Nondurable goods.............................................................. . Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Retail trade...................................................................... . Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Utilities........................................................................... . Information......................................................................... . Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other services..................................................................... . 33.1 38.9 43.4 37.6 39.4 39.3 39.4 32.0 32.7 37.7 29.7 35.7 42.4 36.7 36.1 34.6 32.3 24.8 30.5 33.3 40.0 44.2 37.9 40.9 40.9 40.8 32.2 33.1 37.7 30.1 36.4 41.4 36.6 36.1 34.9 32.3 24.8 30.7 33.1 39.4 43.5 37.0 40.5 40.6 40.3 32.1 33.0 37.6 30.0 36.3 41.5 36.5 36.0 34.7 32.2 24.8 30.6 33.3 40.1 44.1 37.8 41.0 41.2 40.7 32.2 33.1 37.7 30.2 36.6 41.6 36.4 36.1 34.9 32.1 25.0 30.7 AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS Manufacturing........................................................................... . Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nondurable goods................................................................... . 2.6 2.4 3.0 3.6 3.5 3.7 3.5 3.4 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.6 Industry 1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-8. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted1 Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings Industry Mar. 2009 Jan. 2010 Feb. 2010p Mar. 2010p Total private................................................ . Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Retail trade......................................... . Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Utilities.............. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................. . Information............................................ . Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other services........................................ . $18.52 19.85 23.27 22.61 18.14 19.22 16.47 18.22 16.40 20.57 12.95 18.82 29.25 25.33 20.66 22.21 19.28 11.00 16.43 $18.90 20.10 23.29 23.08 18.42 19.63 16.64 18.64 16.78 21.49 13.18 19.14 29.79 25.58 21.37 22.62 19.76 11.28 16.85 $18.92 20.14 23.63 23.17 18.46 19.69 16.63 18.67 16.79 21.47 13.21 19.10 29.88 25.62 21.25 22.70 19.82 11.30 16.89 $18.90 20.14 23.51 23.18 18.45 19.66 16.64 18.64 16.79 21.46 13.21 19.15 29.94 25.62 21.37 22.66 19.75 11.30 16.83 Mar. 2009 Jan. 2010 Feb. 2010p Mar. 2010p $ 613.01 $ 629.37 $ 626.25 $ 629.37 772.17 804.00 793.52 807.61 1,009.92 1,029.42 1,027.91 1,036.79 850.14 874.73 857.29 876.20 714.72 753.38 747.63 756.45 755.35 802.87 799.41 809.99 648.92 678.91 670.19 677.25 583.04 600.21 599.31 600.21 536.28 555.42 554.07 555.75 775.49 810.17 807.27 809.04 384.62 396.72 396.30 398.94 671.87 696.70 693.33 700.89 1,240.20 1,233.31 1,240.02 1,245.50 929.61 936.23 935.13 932.57 745.83 771.46 765.00 771.46 768.47 789.44 787.69 790.83 622.74 638.25 638.20 633.98 272.80 279.74 280.24 282.50 501.12 517.30 516.83 516.68 1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-9. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours and payrolls for production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted1 [2002=100] Index of aggregate weekly hours2 Index of aggregate weekly payrolls3 Industry Mar. 2009 Jan. 2010 Feb. 2010p Mar. 2010p Percent change from: Feb. 2010 Mar. 2010p Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Construction................................. . Manufacturing............................... . Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . . . . . Wholesale trade.......................... . Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Professional and business services...... . Education and health services. . . . ........ . Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99.8 82.9 125.2 90.5 77.7 76.9 78.5 104.4 97.5 101.8 94.7 101.0 98.5 96.0 104.8 106.1 116.7 105.6 96.3 98.2 78.9 117.7 81.4 76.2 74.2 79.0 103.8 96.4 99.3 94.3 98.5 94.4 91.4 102.1 105.6 118.3 104.3 95.8 97.7 77.4 116.7 78.6 75.4 73.7 78.0 103.5 96.2 99.2 94.1 98.1 94.5 91.3 101.6 105.3 118.1 104.3 95.2 98.4 79.0 120.2 80.4 76.5 75.0 78.7 104.0 96.7 99.6 95.0 99.2 94.9 90.5 101.6 106.1 117.9 105.5 95.7 0.7 2.1 3.0 2.3 1.5 1.8 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.4 1.0 1.1 0.4 -0.9 0.0 0.8 -0.2 1.2 0.5 Mar. 2009 Jan. 2010 Feb. 2010p Mar. 2010p Percent change from: Feb. 2010 Mar. 2010p 123.5 100.7 169.5 110.5 92.2 92.3 91.4 130.4 114.1 123.4 105.1 120.5 120.2 120.4 133.9 140.3 147.9 131.9 115.3 124.1 97.1 159.4 101.4 91.7 90.9 92.9 132.7 115.4 125.7 106.5 119.7 117.3 115.8 134.9 142.2 153.7 133.6 117.6 123.5 95.5 160.4 98.3 91.1 90.5 91.7 132.5 115.2 125.4 106.5 118.9 117.9 115.7 133.5 142.2 153.8 133.9 117.2 124.3 97.4 164.4 100.7 92.3 92.1 92.6 132.9 115.8 125.9 107.6 120.5 118.5 114.7 134.2 143.0 153.1 135.3 117.3 0.6 2.0 2.5 2.4 1.3 1.8 1.0 0.3 0.5 0.4 1.0 1.3 0.5 -0.9 0.5 0.6 -0.5 1.0 0.1 1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls. 2 The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding 2002 annual average aggregate hours. Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and employment. 3 The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate weekly payrolls by the corresponding 2002 annual average aggregate weekly payrolls. Aggregate payrolls estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly earnings, average weekly hours, and employment. p = preliminary.
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