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TOE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: MAY 1992
Lfrvenployment rose in May, as the labor force continued its rapid
expansion of recent months, and payroll employment edged up, the Bureau of
Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The
nation's jobless rate, which had shown little change over the prior 3
months, rose by 0.3 percentage point to 7.5 percent in May.
Nonfarm payroll enployment increased by 68,000 in May, continuing the
slow upward trend evident since the beginning of the year. Total
enployment, as estimated through the household survey, was unchanged in
May, following large gains over the prior 2 months.
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
The nunber of unemployed persons increased by 349,000 to 9-5 million
in May, and the unemployment rate rose to 7.5 percent, the highest level
since August 1984. The rate had been 7.3 percent in both February and
March and 7.2 percent in April. (See table A-1.)
The rise in unenployment occurred among youth (16- to 24-year-olds)
and men 25 years and over. The jobless rate for youth rose by a full
percentage point to 14.5 percent in May, and the rate for men 25 years and
over increased from 6.2 to 6.5 percent. The rate for women 25 and over, at
5.6 percent in May, was little changed over the month. Jobless rates for
whites (6.5 percent), blacks (14.7 percent), and Hispanics (11.3 percent)
were up in May. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-8.)
There were increases in both the number of persons who had recently
become unemployed as well as those who had been jobless for several months.
The number unenployed for less than 5 weeks rose by 215,000 in May,
reaching 3.4 million. The number jobless for 15 weeks or longer, which had
declined in April, rose by 343,000 in May to 3.4 million, the highest level
since November 1983; most of this increase occurred in the 6 months and
over group. Both the mean and median duration, at 18.3 and 9.0 weeks,
The establishment data shown in this news release have
been adjusted to reflect annual benchmark revisions and
updated seasonal adjustment factors. See the note on the
revisions beginning on page 5.
- 2Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
Quarterly
averages
Category
Monthly data
I
.I
1992
1991
Mar.
IV
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Civilian labor force.,
Employment
Unemployment
Not in labor force...,
Discouraged workers.
| Apr. j May
I
I
Thousands of persons
125,500| 126,308| 126,590| 126,830| 127.16O| 330
116,7891 117.1691 117,348| 117,6751 117,656| -19
9.138| 9.242| 9,1551 9.504| 349
8,'
64.5801
64,432| 64,338| 64,147| -191
64,9491
1,0841
N.A.j
1.094|
N.A.|
N.A.I N.A.
I.
I.
labor force
_P§j
Unemployment rates:
All workers
Adult men
Adult women
Teenagers
White
Black
Hispanic origin..
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Nonfarm employment
Goods-producing \J ..
Construction
Manufacturing
Service-producing \J
Retail trade
Services
Government
|Apr.|May
.| change
1992
7.2|
6.9I
6.0|
19.6|
6.4|
13.91
11.51
108,193|
23,634|
4,606|
18,3591
84,5591
19,1391
28,5331
18,428|
I
Thousands of .jobs
108,1471 108,200|p108.382|p108,450|
23,528| 23,532| p23.531| p23.523|
4,5911 4,603| p4.602| p4,609|
18.284| 18,278| p18,283| p18,273|
84,6191 84,668| p84.851| p84,927|
19.118| 19.0921 p19,175| p19,131|
28,601| 28,643| p28,702| p28.811|
18.4751 18,507| p18,549| p18,559|
I
I
I
p68
p-8
p7
p-10
p76
p-44
p109
p10
•
Hours of work
Average weekly hours:
Total private
Manufacturing
Overtime
34.4|
40.9|
3.7|
34.51
41.0|
3.7|
I
\J Establishment data have been revised
to reflect March 1991 benchmarks and updated
seasonal adjustment factors.
2/ Includes other industries, not shown
separately.
34.51
3.8|
I
p34.4|
P34.5I
P41.3I
p0.1
p.2
p4.0|
P3.9I
I
I
p~preliminary.
N.A." not available.
- 3 respectively, rose in May and were at their highest levels since May 1984.
(See table A-5.)
The number of unemployed who had lost their last jobs rose by 333,000
in May to 5.5 million, reversing the declines of March and April. The
number of persons limited to working part time for economic reasons—
sometimes referred to as the partially unenployed—which had been declining
since the beginning of the year, increased by. 252,000 to 6.5 million in
May. (See tables A-3 and A-6.)
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
Following substantial increases in both March and April, total
enployment held steady in May at 117.7 million. The employment-population
ratio (the percentage of the population that is employed) was about
unchanged at 61.5 percent. (See table A-1.)
The civilian labor force rose by 331,000 in May, reaching 127.2
million. Labor force growth—which had been anemic during most of the
recession—has been very strong since late last year, averaging about
300,000 a month since November. Nearly half of the May increase was among
16- to 24-year-old youth. The labor force participation rate—the
percentage of the working-age population that is either enployed or
unenployed—rose 0.2 percentage point to 66.5 percent in May; this was 0.7
percentage point higher than last Noventoer. (See table A-1.)
Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)
Nonfarm payroll employment continued its modest upward trend of recent
months, edging up'by 68,000 in May. Since January, the number of nonfarm
jobs has grown by 350,000. (See table B-1.)
Employment in the service-producing sector grew for the sixth
consecutive month in May, with an increase of 76,000. The services
industry itself added 109.000 jobs, its largest single-month gain since
March 1990. Business services accounted for 39,000 of this increase,
continuing its strong upward trend of recent months. Employment in the
health services industry continued its long-term uptrend with an increase
of 20,000 in May. Retail trade lost 44,000 jobs, after an increase of
83,000 in April, and has shown no clear enployment trend since January.
Finance continued to grow, adding 11,000 jobs.
In the goods-producing sector, total manufacturing employment was
little changed in May. Most industries within manufacturing also showed
little change; there was continued weakness in the defense-dependent
transportation equipment and electronic equipment industries and small job
gains in furniture and rubber and plastics. An employment increase in
machinery resulted solely from a return of striking workers. Construction
has still failed to generate any substantial job growth, and mining lost
another 5,000 jobs, all of them in oil and gas extraction.
- 4 Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on
private nonfarm payrolls edged up by a tenth of an hour to 34.5 hours,
following an identical decline in the prior month. The average factory
workweek rose two-tenths of an hour to 41.3 hours; this was its highest
level since October 1966. Average overtime for factory workers, which
posted its fourth consecutive monthly increase, was 4.0 hours, a level
which has not been exceeded since April 1973. (See table B-2.)
The index of aggregate weekly hours of private production or
nonsupervisory workers increased by 0.5 percent to 121.5 (1982B100) in May*
after seasonal adjustment. The manufacturing index also rose by 0.5
percent, to 103.4; this index has been on a steady upward trend over the
past 6 months. (See table B-5-)
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
Average hourly earnings of private production or nonsupervisory
workers edged up by 0.3 percent to $10.56, seasonally adjusted. Average
weekly earnings increased by 0.6 percent to $364.32. Prior to seasonal
adjustment, average hourly earnings rose by 1 cent and average weekly
earnings were up by $2.45. Over the year, average hourly earnings
increased by 2.5 percent and average weekly earnings by 3.4 percent. (See
tables B-3 and B-4.)
-5 Revisions in the Establishment Survey Data
In accordance with annual practice, the establishment survey data have
been revised to reflect comprehensive universe counts of payroll jobs
(benchmarks) . These counts are derived principally from unemployment
insurance tax records for March 1991. The benchmark adjustment to March
1991 enployment levels is -640,000 or -0.6 percent, before seasonal
adjustment, and -558,000 after seasonal adjustment. Table B presents
revised total nonfarm enployment data on a seasonally adjusted basis for
the period April 1990-February 1992; February 1992 represents the last
month of final published estimates prior to this benchmark revision. These
revised data incorporate new seasonal adjustment factors, revised bias
adjustments, and the effect of applying the rate of change measured by the
sample to a new benchmark level. These adjustments have brought down
enployment levels since March 1991 but have not materially affected trends
for that period.
All unadjusted establishment data series from April* 1990 forward and
all seasonally adjusted series from January 1987 forward are affected by
the annual revisions announced today. The June 1992 issue of Enployment
and Earnings will contain an article that discusses the effects of the
benchmark revisions, revised seasonal adjustment factors to be used during
May-October 1992, and an explanation of the seasonal adjustment
methodology. This issue will also present revised estimates for all
regularly published tables containing national establishment survey data on
enployment, hours, and earnings. All of the revised historical series will
be published in a.special supplement to Enployment and Earnings, which is
expected to be issued in July. This supplement, when combined with the
historical volune, Employment, Hours, and Earnings, Lfriited States, 1909"90
(BLS Bulletin 2370), will comprise the full historical series on national
data obtained from the establishment survey. Five years of data for the
"B" tables published in this release are available on diskette (202-5231172); the full history for all establishment data series is available on
magnetic tape (202-606-5957).
A special press briefing on the benchmark revisions was held on
Wednesday, June 3. Detailed information on the revision and its cause and
effects are described in the pamphlet, "Revision of Payroll Survey
Enployment Estimates to March 1991 Benchmarks," which is available upon
request from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Call 202-523-1487.
- 6 Table B. Revisions in total nonfann employment, April 1990February 1992, seasonally adjusted
(Mumbers in thousands)
Year
and
month
Over-the-month
changes
As
|
|
|
As
|
|previously| As
|
|previously|
Ipublished |revised|Difference|published
I
I
erence
I
I
1990:
April
May
June
July
August...
September,
October...
November..
December..
109,934
110 304
110 435
110,269
110.160
110.113
109.982
109.761
109.621
1109,9691
|110,241|
|110,3O4|
|110.078|
|109.877|
|109.737|
1109,5481
1109,2841
1109.1011
35
-63
-131
-191
-283
-376
-434
-477
-520
1991:
January...
February..
March
April
May
June
July
August....
September.
October...
November..
December..
109.418
109.160
108,902
108.736
108,887
108,885
108.859
108.971
109,066
109.073
108,843
108,882
1108
|108 ,557|
|108 ,344|
1108 ,178|
1108 .2651
|108 ,2271
|108 ,1901
|108, 267|
J108 2931
|108, 285|
1108 1391
1108,1541
-573
-603
-558
-558
-622
-658
-669
-704
-773
-788
-704
-728
1992:
January...
February..
108,760 |108,100l
108,866 |108.142|
-660
-724
The Employment Situation for June 1992 will be released on Thursday,
July 2, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).
On July 13, 1992, BLS personnel responsible for the technical
information contained in this release will have new telephone nurtoers.
Telephone contacts will be as follows: National household data,
202-606-6373 and 6378; state and area labor force data, 606-6392; and
national establishment survey data, 606-6555.
Explanatory Note
statistics from two major surveys, the
This news release p
Current Population Survey (household survey) and the Current
Employment Statistics Survey (establishment survey).
The
household survey provides the information on the labor force,
employment, and unemployment that appears in the A tables,
marked HOUSEHOLD DATA. It is a sample survey of about
60,000 households that is conducted by the Bureau of the Census
with most of the findings analyzed and published by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS).
The establishment survey provides the information on the
employment, hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls
that appears in the B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA.
This information is collected from payroll records by BLS in
cooperation with State agencies. The sample includes over
350,000 establishments employing over 41 million people.
For both surveys, the data for a given month are actually
collected-for and relate to a particular week. In the household
survey, unless otherwise indicated, it is the calendar week that
contains the 12th day of the month, which is called the survey
week. In the establishment survey, the reference week is the pay
period including the 12th, which may or may not correspond
directly to the calendar week.
The data in this release are affected by a number of technical
factors, including definitions, survey differences, seasonal
adjustments, and the inevitable variance in results between a
survey of a sample and a census of the entire population. Each of
these factors is explained below.
Coverage, definitions, and differences
between surveys
The sample households in the household survey are selected so
as to reflect the entire civilian noninstitutional population 16 years
of age and older. Each person in a household is classified as
employed, unemployed, or not in the labor force. Those who hold
more than one job are classified according to the job at which they
worked the most hours.
People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as
paid employees; worked in their own business or profession or on
their own farm; or worked 15 hours or more in an enterprise
operated by a member of their family, whether they were paid or
noL People are also counted as employed if they were on unpaid
leave because of illness, bad weather, labor-management disputes,
or personal reasons.
People are classified as unemployed* regardless of their
eligibility for unemployment benefits or public assistance, if they
meet all of the following criteria: They had no employment during
the survey week; they were available for work at that time; and
they made specific efforts to find employment sometime during the
prior 4 weeks. Persons laid off from their former jobs and
awaiting recall and those expecting to report to a job within 30
days need not be looking for work to be counted as unemployed.
The civilian labor force equals the sum of the number employed
and the number unemployed. The unemployment rate is the
number unemployed as a percent of the civilian labor force. Table
A-7 presents a special grouping of seven measures of
unemployment based on varying definitions of unemployment and
the labor force. The definitions are provided in the table. The
most restrictive definition yields U-l and the most comprehensive
yields U-7. The civilian worker unemployment rate is U-Sb, while
U-5a, the overall unemployment rate, includes the resident Armed
Forces in the labor force base.
Unlike the household survey, the establishment survey only
counts wage and salary employees whose names appear on the
payroll records of nonfarm firms. As a result, there are many
differences between the two surveys, among which are the
following:
• The ousehold survey, although based on a smaller sample, reflects a
larger se mem of the population; the establishment survey excludes
;, the self-employed, unpaid family workers, and private
nuumwiH workers;
• The household, survey includes people on unpaid leave among the
employed; the establishment survey does not;
• The household survey is limited to those 16 yean of age and older; the
establishment survey is not limited by age;
• The household survey has no duplication of individuals, because each
individual is counted only once; in the establishment survey, employees
working at more than one job or otherwise appearing on more than one
payroll would be counted separately for each appearance.
Other differences between the two surveys are described in
"Comparing Employment Estimates from Household and Payroll
Surveys,** which may be obtained from BLS upon request.
Seasonal adjustment
Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and
the levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp
fluctuations due to such seasonal events as changes in weather,
reduced or expanded production, harvests, major holidays, and the
opening and closing of schools. For example, the labor force
increases by a large number each June, when schools close and
many young people enter the job market. The effect of such
seasonal variation can be very large; over the course of a year, for
example, seasonality may account for as much as 95 percent of the
month-to-month changes in unemployment
Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular
pattern each year, their influence on statistical trends can be
eliminated by adjusting the statistics from month to month. These
adjustments make nonseasonal developments, such as declines in
economic activity or increases in the participation of women in the
labor force, easier to spot To return to the school's-out example,
the large number of people entering the labor force each June is
likely to obscure any other changes thai have taken place since
May, making it difficult to determine if the level of economic
activity has risen or declined. However, because the effect of
students finishing school in previous years is known, the statistics
for the current year can be adjusted to allow for a comparable
change. Insofar as the seasonal adjustment is made correctly, the
adjusted figure provides a more useful tool with which to analyze
changes in economic activity.
Measures of labor force, employment, and unemployment
contain components such as age and sex. Statistics for all
employees, production workers, average weekly hours, and
average hourly earnings include components based on the
employer's industry. All these statistics can be seasonally adjusted
either by adjusting the total or by adjusting each of the components
and combining them. The second procedure usually yields more
accurate information and is therefore followed by BLS. For
example, the seasonally adjusted figure for the civilian labor farce
is the sum of eight seasonally adjusted employment components
and four seasonally adjusted unemployment components; the total
for unemployment is the sum of the four unemployment
components; and the unemployment rate is derived by dividing the
resulting estimate of total unemployment by the estimate of the
civilian labor force.
The numerical factors used to make the seasonal adjustments are
recalculated twice a year. For the household survey, the factors are
calculated for the January-June period and again for the JulyDecember period. For the establishment survey, updated factors
for seasonal adjustment are calculated for the May-October period
and introduced along with new benchmarks, and again for the
November-April period. In both surveys, revisions to historical
data are made once a year.
are approximately 90 out of 100 that the "true" level or rate would
not be expected to differ from the estimates by more than these
amounts.
Sampling errors for monthly surveys are reduced when the data
are cumulated for several months, such as quarterly or annually.
Also, as a general rule, the smaller the estimate, the larger the
sampling error. Therefore, relatively speaking, the estimate of the
size of the labor force is subject to less error than is the estimate of
the number unemployed. And, among the unemployed, the
sampling error for the jobless rate of adult men, for example, is
much smaller than is the error for the jobless rate of teenagers.
Specifically, the error on monthly change in the jobless rate for
men is .25 percentage point; for teenagers, it is 1.29 percentage
points.
In the *M*t*Kji<ihfnqflt survey, estimates for tjie most current 2
months are based on incomplete returns; for this reason, these
estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables. When all the
returns in the sample have been received, the estimates are revised.
In other words, data for the month of September are published in
preliminary form in October and November and in final form in
December*
To remove errors that build up over time, a
comprehensive count of the eirq)loyedi« conducted each year. The
results of this survey are used to establish new benchmarkscomprehensive counts of enrployment-against which month-tomomh changes can be measured. The new benchmarks also
incorporate changes in the classification of industries and allow for
the formation of new establishments.
Sampling variability
Additional statistics and other Information
Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are
subject to sampling error, that is, the estimate of the number of
people employed and the other estimates drawn from these surveys
probably differ from the figures that would be obtained from a
complete census, even if the same questionnaires and procedures
were used. In the household survey, the amount of the differences
can be expressed in terms of standard errors. The numerical value
of a standard error depends upon the size of the sample, the results
of the survey, and other factors, However, the numerical value is
always such that the chances are approximately 68 out of 100 that
an estimate based on the sample will differ by no more than the
standard error from the results of a complete census. The chances
are approximately 90 out of 100 that an estimate based on the
sample will differ by no more than 1.6 times the standard error
from the results of a complete census. At approximately the 90percent level of confidence—the confidence limits used by BLS in
its analyses—the error for the monthly change in total employment
is on the order of plus or minus 358,000; for total unemployment it
is 224,000; and, for the civilian worker unemployment rate, it is
0.19 percentage points. These figures do not mean that the sample
results are off by these magnitudes but, rather, that the chances
In order to provide a broad view of the nation's employment
situation, BLS regularly publishes a wide variety of data in this
news release. More comprehensive statistics axe contained in
Employment and Earnings, published each month by BLS. It is
available for $10.00 per issue or $31.00 per year tan the U.S.
Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20204. A check or
money order made out to the Superintendent of Documents must
accompany all orders.
Employment and Earnings also provides approximations of the
standard errors for the household survey data published in this
release. For unemployment and other labor force categories, the
standard errors appear in tables B through J of its "Explanatory
Notes." Measures of the reliability of the data drawn from the
establishment survey and the actual amounts of revision due to
benchmark adjustments are provided in tables M, O, P, and Q of
that publication.
Information in this release will be made available to sensory
impaired individuals upon request Voice phone: 202-606-STAT;
TDD phone:
202-606-5897; TDD Message Referral Phone
Number. 1-800-326-2577.
HOUSEHOLD DATA
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-1. EmploymMitstetus of thvelvlilan population by sax and ag«
(Nunters In thousands)
Noli
Seasonally adjusted 1
tly actuated
Employment status, sax, and age
May
1991
Apr.
1002
May
1002
May
1001
Jan.
1902
Fsto.
1002
Mar.
1092
Apr.
1002
May
1002
189,622
124,857
65,9
116,624
61.5
3431
113,194
8233
8.6
64,665
101,168
125,873
6&8
116^33
6\2
3.128
113.805
6.945
7.1
101,307
126.706
6&2
117,535
614
3*54
1U.181
9.169
12.
64,602
189.522
125*59
66.1
116,730
61.6
3*56
113474
8,529
6*
64*63
190,759
126,046
66.1
117.117
614
3.166
113.951
8.029
7.1
64,713
190.884
128287
117.043
61*
3232
113.811
9244
7*
64.507
191.022
126,590
66*
117*48
614
3.104
114,155
0242
7.3
64432
191,168
128*30
66.3
117*75
61.6
3209
114.465
0,156
72
64*38
191*07
127,160
66.5
117*56
61.5
3.178
114478
9.504
7.5
64.147
TOTAL
•ttuttonaJpoput
CMta
CMftmUbor force.
Participation rats.
Employed
-,
i ratio«
Agriculture.
Nonegricufcuraf Industries,
Unemployed .
Unemployment rate.
Not in labor force ..........
662
Man, 16 years and over
Cfcrifian nsitttu ulpoputa
CMHan boor force •
Parttdparion fate Employed
Ernpkyment-population ratio.
Unemployed .
Unemployment rate .
00^17
68,183
7SA
63.499
7Q2
4*664
6.9
91*02
69.168
75.7
63336
69^
5*32
7.7
90417
68423
75.7
63.528
70*
4*95
91.094
68.618
75.3
63,453
69.7
5.165
7.5
91,164
68,710
754
63.352
69.5
5.350
7*
91*38
68,849
75.5
63.529
60.6
5.320
7.7
01*16
69,082
75.7
63.893
70.0
5.190
01*92
68.560
75.1
63^89
60J
5^72
7.7
63.636
64,650
775
60,721
72J*
2,475
56.246
3^29
6.1
84.671
66,430
77^
60.771
71J
2*15
58.456
4.660
7.1
64,755
65,810
77.6
61224
72£
2466
58.738
4.566
7J0
83*36
64.781
77.5
64464
65.061
77.0
60.600
71.7
2*77
58.323
4461
6*
84.549
65.179
77.1
60.507
71.7
2*56
58241
4,582
7.0
84,500
65*75
77*
60.846
71.0
2*51
58.495
4,520
6.9
84.671
65.635
77.5
61.154
722
2*45
58.800
4461
6*
84.755
66*04
77*
61,167
722
2*70
58.797
4*38
7*
99.105
56.674
57.2
63.125
53.6
3.546
99^52
57,317
674
53,644
53.7
3,673
6A
09*15
57*37
57*
63.700
53.7
3*37
6.7
99,105
56*36
57*
53*02
53.7
3.634
64
90,665
57428
57.6
53.664
53.8
3.764
6.6
99.720
57,576
57.7
53,691
53*
3.886
6.7
99.783
57.741
57.9
53*20
53.9
3.922
99,852
57,747
57*
53.782
53.9
3,965
6.9
90.915
57*01
67.7
53.764
53*
3.927
6*
02,454
53^04
57.9
59.506
54.6
679
49.830
2,066
03,320
54.412
58^
51^28
54.9
628
50.601
3,183
&0
03416
64443
92454
53402
57.9
60424
54.5
633
49,791
3,068
5.7
93,125
64.190
582
50.068
54.7
673
50295
3221
5.9
93208
54272
582
50*73
54.7
672
50,301
3200
6.1
93256
54.555
58.5
51212
54.9
659
50,554
3*43
6.1
93.320
54,623
56.5
51208
54.0
658
50.550
3415
6*
93416
54432
66*
61,109
54.7
616
50494
3*22
6.1
13.432
6.713
50.0
5,396
40^
277
6.118
1.318
19.6
13,177
6.036
45^
4^34
374
185
4,740
1.102
13.136
6.452
49.1
5.104
38.9
206
4*96
1*48
20.9
13432
6,966
52.0
5*68
42£
259
13.169
6.796
51.6
5.540
42.1
216
5.333
1*47
18*
13.127
6,836
52.1
5.472
41.7
203
5269
1*64
20.0
13.176
6,660
50.5
5290
40.1
184
5.106
1*70
20.6
13.177
6,571
49.0
5*12
40*
206
5.106
1250
102
13,136
6.725
512
5*81
41.0
193
6,188
1*44
20*
72
76.0
63,893
69*
6,577
8.0
Man, 20 yeara and over
cu
CMifan Ubor force
Employed..
Ernploymem-populaUonratio«
Agriculture.
NenagrtaJltural Industrie:
Unemployed.
Unemployment rate.
72.5
2*64
68*74
4.143
Women, 16 yeara and over
CMfen ncttosttutional population
CMHanfabortorce_
Partlcipetfon rate
.»„«....
Employed.
Empioyment-populBtlon
Unemployed.
Unemployment rale.
Women, 20 yeara and over
CfcriNan nonkittltutiona) population .~....,—~
Civiliantaborforce
Empto
Emptoymentijopolatlon ratto .
Agriculture .
NonagrtaAural Industrie
Unsmpto; '
Unerrptoymtntn
584
51*07
54.8
663
50.544
3*36
5.9
Both eexes, 16 to 19 yeara
ntetftutionaJ populate
on*
CMUan HOOT force.
Employs
Agriculture
Nonsgrtcufcural industries.
Unemptoyrnantrate .
1
The population ffcufes are not adjusted for seasonal variation;
therefore, identical numbers appear h the unadjusted and seasonally
1*18
18.9
Adjusted columns*
HOUSEHOLD DATA
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin
(NuRfem In thousands)
Not
Seasonally adjusted1
seasonally adjusted
Employment status, race, sex, age, and
Hisp&nic origin
May
1091
Apr.
1992
May
OvUanrflrtlnstltutfona
CMtan labor force «
Paiifcpatbnrate..
161,357
107,285
162,483
106,381
Employed „ „ « « ,
101.018
162.398
107^53
6&4
101,061
May
1991
Jan.
1992
Feb.
1992
1982
Apr.
1982
May
1992
161,357
107.519
663
101,033
625
162,144
107,973
1 6 2 2 1 9
108,071
162.305
108,491
162.398
108.460
663
101411
625
162483
108,647
663
101,610
WHITE
66.5
62J6
6.266
55
Unerrploymtntnte.
622
8J72
66.7
101,586
6 2 5
6.795
665
665
101235
624
6,737
101,073
6J3
63
62
56,975
56267
783
53,066
735
3201
57
56,400
773
623
6,998
65
7,080
65
665
623
6.851
63
101.614
625
7,032
65
Men, 20 years and over
C M l a n labor force
PartlcfeaiJon rate
_
Employad.
En^feyrnwtf-popi
Ui
toyed.
Unerrptaymemrato.
56207
77J»
53,184
73.7
3.023
5X
56.673
77A
53.063
45^53
57.7
43,061
54.0
2,182
43
45^66
5,825
54.3
4,774
UJS
1.051
18.0
194
16J6
5214
49^
4,383
41.7
830
21,569
13,394
62.1
21382
13.574
62J0
11.729
54J2
1,696
12.7
56.439
773
52.865
727
3574
56,673
773
62
S3
62
6.1
3.699
65
45,762
583
43425
55.1
2.337
5.1
45789
583
43,380
553
46,066
46.022
45,845
5J0
45233
577
42,970
543
2263
53
5,543
523
4,552
434
991
173
193
162
6,019
56.1
4,997
465
1.022
173
187
152
5,811
553
4,902
464
909
155
165
145
5,843
554
4.829
453
1.014
174
193
155
533
1345
133
21.909
13794
63.0
11.779
533
2,015
143
21,569
13.469
624
11,748
545
1.721
123
21,803
13,723
623
11,837
543
1.886
137
6269
72.7
6.433
723
6497
73.5
5,497
637
772
12-3
5.562
63.1
871
5.590
6 3 3
9 0 7
14J0
6265
725
5.495
637
770
123
6.573
597
5.781
525
792
123
8 4 5 2
5 9 7
5,758
6 3 2
6 9 4
1 0 3
7Z8
78.1
53479
73-3
3.609
3496
6.1
52.908
7 2 3
3 4 9 1
53,157
7 3 3
3,516
56300
773
53,330
732
3470
57,072
7 8 2
53.372
7 3 2
Women, 20 years and over
C M I a n labor force,
Pa/ticpatlon f ^* - ,,., ,.,_...,, n. ...
Errployed.
n ratio.
Emptoyment-po
Unerrptoyed .
Unemployment r a t s .
im
Both sexes, 16 to 19 year*
CMIan labor force
Participation rats „
Employed.,
Empibymen
Ur> ployed ,
Wo.
5 8 2
43,634
5 5 2
£ 3 3 2
5.1
15J0
45.863
583
43.555
55.1
2,306
2.410
S3
583
43,566
552
2,499
54
5.753
545
4.688
445
5 8 3
43,547
55.1
2476
54
585
55J0
2.377
52
1,065
1 8 5
2 0 7
16.1
5.638
533
4,733
453
905
16.1
172
145
5,730
545
4,774
455
956
167
185
147
21.828
13,680
627
11.794
543
1.886
133
21.854
13.688
6 2 5
11.765
5 3 3
1.923
14.1
21,882
13.743
623
11331
54.1
1313
133
21.909
13.870
633
11327
543
2.044
147
6,427
732
5,567
634
860
134
6,387
723
6 4 3 5
73.1
5,514
6 2 5
9 2 1
6.424
725
5,596
634
828
123
6.497
735
5,590
633
907
143
6.469
59.1
6464
593
6.524
595
6,572
593
5,750
525
714
6,590
593
5.732
5 2 4
7 3 7
1 1 4
5.788
523
736
5,786
5 2 7
7 8 7
12J0
5.793
5 2 5
7 9 8
12.1
8 2 7
3 9 5
5 3 8
25.9
2 8 9
3 4 3
3 5 3
3 3 3
829
393
511
243
318
3B4
393
37.5
729
35.1
463
223
266
365
375
35.0
7 4 7
3 6 3
4 4 9
2 1 7
2 9 8
3 9 3
4 4 5
35.1
7 8 3
3 7 3
4 4 4
2 1 4
3 3 9
4 3 3
4 3 5
4 2 3
BUCK
CMIan nonlnstKutfonal population ,
CMIan labor force.
Partlcpationrate.,
Eto
ErrpJoyment-popotal n r a t i o .
Unenploymeritraie.
lien, 20 years and over
CMIan labor f o r c e .
Participation rate «
Emptoyr
opulatkxi ratio.,
Unaopteyrnantfale,
Women, 20 years and over
CMIan labor
tore*
^
Partlcpatton rale
Employed.
n ratio.
py
Unemployed ,
Unemployment rate .
6.431
593
5.743
63.1
688
10.7
59.1
5,757
52.4
737
IM
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
CMIan labor force
Parttepaflon rate
Employed.,
Eni^mem-pcpulation ratio .
Men
Wo
See footnote* at and of table.
*....,
694
3£6
458
215
236
34J0
38JD
293
6 4 7
3 1 2
4 1 1
1 9 3
2 3 6
3 6 5
4 2 4
3 0 3
723
343
407
197
316
43.7
463
413
752
353
495
232
257
342
365
317
5,533
6 2 3
8 5 4
1 3 4
HOUSEHOLD DATA
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin — Continued
(Numbers In thousands)
Seasonally adjusted1
Not seasonally adjusted
Employment status, race, sex, age, and
Hispanic origin
May
1991
Apr.
1992
May
1992
May
1991
Jan.
1992
Feb.
1992
14.711
9.709
15.145
10.008
66.1
15.184
10.119
14.711
9,688
15.027
9.964
15.066
10,033
66.6
9.001
65.9
66.3
8.835
66.6
8.865
58.8
1.168
Mar.
Apr.
1992
May
1992
15.106
10,170
67.3
B.993
15.145
10,063
15,184
10.101
664
9.024
66.5
8.966
59.5
69.6
1.039
10.3
50£
1,144
11.3
1992
HISPANIC ORIGIN
CMIan nonlnstltutional population .
CMIan labor force
fc
rat*.,
Errpfcr
66JO
8.970
592
8.791
59.8
918
9.5
1.038
1
The population figures am not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,
identical numbers appear to the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
NOTE: Detail lor the above race and Hispanic-origin groups wfll not sum to
59,3
1,118
11J0
8.749
50.5
939
9.7
58.8
1.129
11.3
11.6
1,177
11.6
totals because data for the "other races" group are not presented and
Hkpanics are included in both the white and black population groups.
Table A-3. Selected employment Indicators
(In thousands)
Not seasonally adjusted
Seasonally adjusted
Category
Apr.
1992
May
1992
May
1991
Jan.
1992
Feb.
1992
Mar.
1992
Apr.
1992
May
1992
............ 116.624
40.361
29,874
6.350
116.933
40,173
30.331
6,451
117.535
40,466
X.390
6,549
116.730
40.363
29,688
6.362
117,117
40,092
29.832
6,579
117,043
39,905
29.841
6.555
117,348
40.115
30,144
6.514
117,675
40.375
30.060
6.529
117,656
40,466
X209
6,562
30,962
36.052
15.698
13,115
17,094
3.703
31.369
37,009
15,918
12.919
16,468
3.250
31,005
37,191
15.965
13,018
16.784
3.572
30,874
36215
15,854
13220
17^26
3,455
31,120
36,579
15.989
13.052
16.999
3.415
30.990
37,013
16.172
12,751
16.706
3.459
X.84O
36,945
16246
12.680
17.129
3.404
31.077
36.972
16.030
13.063
16,837
3.382
30,918
37.340
16.126
13,123
16,915
3,332
1.803
1,401
137
1.699
1,334
95
1.779
1,481
114
1,696
1.435
117
1.583
1,471
95
1,705
1,428
112
1,755
1,360
92
1,772
1,341
99
1,670
1,403
98
*_...*.... 104214
18,029
86.185
939
«
— . 85,246
8.749
231
105.069
17.803
87.266
1.015
86.251
8,475
261
105,354
18.014
87.340
1,043
86.297
8.563
264
104,603
17,904
86.699
949
85,750
8,744
212
105250
17.802
87,448
1.013
86.435
8,476
222
105,055
17.641
87,415
1.130
86284
8,695
230
105.141
17.727
87,415
1.069
86.346
8.657
242
105,701
17,644
88.067
1,103
86.954
8.433
249
105.736
17,871
87.865
1,060
86,805
8.554
242
5,564
2,859
2.382
15,605
6,009
3,021
2.677
15,522
6,074
3.057
2.689
15,167
5,966
3.141
Z531
14.937
6,719
3232
3.145
14,773
6,509
3.260
2,906
14,318
6.499
3216
2.951
14,378
6272
3.OX
2.866
14,911
6.524
3.356
2.861
14,514
5,360
2.748
2.300
15,081
5,715
2,801
2.612
15.077
5,837
2.906
2.608
14,711
5,697
2,964
2.448
14,414
6,429
3,063
3,052
14,326
6213
3.089
2,807
13.900
6.180
2.975
2.901
13.926
5.910
2,779
2.779
14,497
May
1991
CHARACTERISTIC
Ctvtlan employed, 16 yean and over......
Married men spouse present
Married women, spouse present
-
OCCUPATION
Service occupations
Precision production, craft, and repair „.
Operators, fabricators, and laborers
*•*
~
INDUSTRY AND CLASS OF WORKER
Agriculture:
Waoe and salary workers
Self ecrijtuwetl workers
Unpaid tamtfy workers
NonagnculuraJ industries:
WeVM einri uttflfY wnrkfefi
-
..„...«..
Private industries"!!!!!!™!!I!!....
Private households
Other Industries
Self-employed workers"*" ""
Unpaid famfy workers
.«..«.
PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME 1
Al industries:
Part time for economic reasons
Stack work
.... .
..
CouH only find p"artime"work
Voluntary part time .«
-
—
Nonagricuiurat industries:
Part time for economic reasons „....,.._„.....................•.....
Slack work ...
.
-«™
CooW only find part-time work
Voluntary part time ............................
irsons "with a job but not at work* during the survey period for
such reasons as vacation, illness, or Industrial dispute.
NOTE: Data on occupations and industries for 1992 ant not fully
comparable wth data for prior years because of the introduction of the
6210
3,1 X
2.780
14,051
classification systems used In the 1990 decennial census of population. Some
categories, particularty "technical, sales, and administrative support," may
have significant breaks in comparability.
HOUSEHOLD DATA
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-4. Selected unemployment Indicator*, »eaa©naJry adjusted
Number of
unemployed persons
0n thousands)
Category
Way
1901
Apr.
1002
May
1002
May
1001
Jan.
1002
Ftb.
1902
8.529
4.143
3.068
U16
0.156
4.481
3.415
1.259
9,504
4.636
3.322
64
6.4
5.7
18.9
7.1
6^
5.9
1BJ3
73
7.0
1351
Mil
647
1.904
1.578
741
2.156
1,570
725
AA
4.5
92
4J6
4A
fi.O
6.936
1.576
7.613
1,568
7,821
1.867
6.5
BA
7A
9.1
8.1
917
1.960
1.134
2,013
272
2.199
1.235
2.070
240
1.034
2231
1.244
2,160
260
2.9
52
7.9
10.5
7.3
7,180
2,721
40
1.048
1.624
941
7X31
2,730
683
666
4.700
325
7.1
9.0
7.1
1&0
7A
7A
7.0
6.3
5.3
7.7
5.5
3J2
May
1002
1902
CHARACTERISTIC
Tout. 16 years and over
Men, 20 years and over
Women. 20 yean and over.
Both taxes. 16 to 19 yaan „
Married men, spouse)
Married women, spo ipreter
Women who matmah fantflat.
FuMr*
Part-time workers
Lafattf force time UM .
73
6.9
72
7.5
73
8.1
20.0
6.1
20.6
192
6.1
204)
5.0
AA
9.5
5.0
104)
4.7
&0
102
5.1
4J9
10JO
7.1
8.8
7.0
OO
B3
6J
B3
9£
B3
3.1
5.7
9.4
11J
8.0
3.1
6.7
9.8
11.1
3.1
SA
BA
32
5.6
8.7
9.5
7.7
17.6
73
7A
7.1
7.1
5,0
8.5
63
2.7
9.6
9A
7A
9.7
8.5
7.1
OCCUPATION 3
etatty
Managerial and prof*
Technical, saiee, and adminatn
Pradaton production, craft, and rapair ..
Operators, fabricators, and later** ..„
Fanning, forestry, and fishing r>u.w.....«
2.9
5.5
10.8
INDUSTRY
6.622
2.545
54
Nonagriculturaj privata wage and salary workers.
Goods-producing industries
Mhing.
Construction
911
1.580
964
616
4.077
351
1.820
1.906
504
215
Manufacturing ^
Durable goods,
Nondurable goods
Servtoe-produdng
induttriat
pg
T a r t t i
d public
bli utWties
t
Transportation
and
.
ttmoiesaJe and ratail trada
Finanoa and service industries .«*.
rti
Aorfcuftural wage and saiary *
4.456
200
2.000
2.180
638
206
UnamptoyiiMfit aa a parcani of the dvfllan labor torca.
Aggrsgata hours lost by tha unomployad and parsonB on part tima for
aconomic raaaons aa a peccant of potantiatiy availabta labor tore* hours.
' Saainnaly adjusted unamptoymant data for aacvica oocupatiom art not
avalabla bacausa tha seasonal conponentt ara small retatfcw to the
trend-cycle and/or irregular components and consequently cannot be
2
56
1.027
1,647
081
2.116
£250
648
263
7A
9.1
6.3
7.8
17.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
6.7
5.5
B2
5.9
3.8
10.9
^7A
7.8
7.7
7^
6.7
5.1
82
5.9
4.0
11.7
9.7
8.9
7.1
16.6
7A
7.5
7.6
6.7
AA
82
6.0
3.5
\0A
16.9
7.7
7.7
7.6
7.0
4.9
8.5
S3
3.5
13.6
aaparated wth aunldant pradalon.
NOTE: Data on occupations and industrial for 1902 art- not fully
csnparablt wtth data tor prior yaars bacausa of tha Introduction of tha
classification systems used in thai 900 daoannW oansua of population. Sorna
catagortsa, particularly technical, sates, and adrrinttrath* support." may
have significant breaki in comparabilty.
T a W e A-5. Duration of unamptoymant
(Nurrtoers In thousands)
Seasonally adjusted
Weeks of unemployment
May
1901
Apr.
1002
May
1902
May
1001
Jan.
1902
Fab.
1902
Mar.
1902
Apr.
1902
1002
i,,.. m .
„
3^403
2^88
2^52
.„...,,,„„.„„.,
1.034
2£68
^402
3.585
1,663
1.022
3£06
2204
3^60
1.586
1,fl63
3,506
2,711
2213
1.188
1,025
3.329
2,667
3.050
1,455
1^04
3.051
2.902
3204
M75
1.729
3281
2,658
3,185
M18
1,766
3.190
2,680
3,018
1278
1,730
3v4O5
2,601
3.361
1.368
1^73
1X4
6.6
18.0
10^
18.6
9J)
13.1
6.6
8.1
17.0
82
17.1
8.0
17.0
BA
1000
A2A
&J0
28.6
18.0
12.6
1000
32.1
Z7S
40.1
18.6
21.5
100.0
36.1
25.0
38.9
17.3
21.6
100.0
422
31.8
26.0
13.0
12.0
100.0
XA
20.5
33.8
18.1
17.7
100.0
33.3
31.7
35.0
16.1
18.9
100.0
36.0
20.1
34.9
15.5
194
MXJQ
35.0
DURATION
1 fist than ^ iMtteha
5 to 14 weeks
15 w v t f i and ov«r
27 wttfti and ovar
.,.••
...,..,
,
.,.--,-,...„*
^.u
1&3
9JQ
PERCENT DtSTRIBUTlON
Tntat uienn I'-T^H
I wu than tmnnki
5 to 14 weeks « .
»..
„
15 wwks and ovsf
..—».„,.r-rt
,.,.,.-„ r
„«-—
15 to ?fi iwoki
*
27 weeks and over ..„».»_....„.»... „„..-....„..»........«. ,
302
34 JO
^AA
10.6
100.0
364
27.8
35.0
14.8
21.1
HOUSEHOLD DATA
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-6. Reason for unemployment
(Nunters In thousands)
Seasonally adjusted
Reason
May
1901
Apr.
1982
May
May
1991
Jan.
1992
Feb.
1992
4.298
1.124
3.174
921
2217
796
5249
1214
4.136
942
1.901
7S2
5,157
1.020
4.137
901
2.220
4.571
1.316
3.255
1.029
2,150
783
4.780
1.168
3.612
975
2.352
790
5.321
1275
4,046
900
2.162
823
5274
1231
4.042
909
2213
811
5.153
1215
3.039
1.028
2.105
100.0
522
13.7
38.6
11.2
26.9
9.7
100.0
S0.8
13.6
46.2
10.5
21.3
100.0
562
11.1
45.1
9.8
242
9.7
100.0
53.6
12.1
25.3
9.0
100.0
53.7
13.1
40.6
11.0
264
8.9
100.0
57.8
13.9
43.9
9J
23.5
82
100.0
57.3
1X4
43.9
92
24.0
100.0
56.5
132
432
112
23.1
92
100.0
57.7
12.5
452
103
22.7
9.0
34
.7
1J
.6
42
.7
1.5
A
4.1
.7
1.8
.7
3.6
A
1.7
.6
3.8
A
1.9
.6
42
.7
1.7
.7
42
.7
1.7
A
4.1
A
1.7
.7
42
J
1.7
.7
Apr.
1902
May
1992
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
JOblOMft .
On layoff
Other job beers,
Job leavers
Reentrants.
New entrants .
1,189
4297
1.002
Z157
856
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Total unemployed
JoblOMfl
On layoff
Other Job losers —
Job leavers „.„...•«.„
Reentrants .
UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job toeem
Job leavers
Reentrants.
New entrants <
Table A-7. Rang* of unemployment measures basad on varying definitions of unemployment and tha labor force, seasonally
adjusted
(Percent)
Quarterly averages
1902
1991
Measure
1902
IV
Apr.
May
IM
1.6
1.8
2.1
2-5
U-2 Job losers as a percent of the dvllan tabor force
3.5
3.7
3.8
4.1
42
U-3 Unemployed persons 25 yeam and over a t a percent of theoMlan
labor force for persons 25 yean and over
52
•4
5.5
6.0
6.0
U-4 U n
labor force.
62
6.5
6.5
7J0
7.0
64
6.7
6.7
7.1
72
72
72
tabor foroe
2A
4.1
6J0
7JO
7.1
1 M b Total unemployed • • a percent of tedvUtan labor
6.5
6.7
6.8
U-6 Total fut-time jobseekars plus 1/2 part-time )obttotor» plus 1/2 total
on pan time for economic reasons as a percent of the cMlan labor
force less 1/2 of the part-time labor force
;
8.9
92
9J3
9.5
U-7 Total fuMimejobssekert plus U2 part-time {obteefcer* plus 1/2 total
on part lime for economic masons plus discouraged workers as a
percent of the cMlan labor force phis discouraged workers less
1/2 of the part-time labor force
9.7
9.9
10.1
1CM
6.1
s as a percent of the fuMtene cMlan
unemployed ee a percent of tm tabor force,
Indudmgtw
i
t
ldent Armed Fercee
N A - not available.
2A
AA
02
10.7
9.9
72
7.1
74
73
10.1
HJL
HOUSEHOLD DATA
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Ily Adjusted
Table A-8. Unemployed persona by w e and age,
Number*
un#mptoyod persons
(in thousands)
Sex and age
May
1901
Apr.
1002
May
1002
Total. 18 years and o w .
16to24yMft.
18to19yeais.
18to 10 yi
16to17 y e a r s —
IBteiflyears.—.
20 to24 years
25 yaars and war —
25 to54 years
56 years and over.
8.520
2.838
1,318
0.156
2.762
1250
587
670
1.403
6,421
5.875
728
9,504
2.960
Man, 16 years and ov«r „
I 6 t o 2 4 years*
16toi8yttrs.«
16 to 17 year*.
18to19ye*s.
20to&years.
25 years and over*
26 to « y • a r t .
55 years and over*
4305
1.557
5.100
1,586
709
5477
815
3295
2*17
378
877
3.640
3,172
Woman. 16 years and over.
16 to24 years.
16to19yeartM
16to17years.
i s t o i o years.
20to34 years.
25 yearn and over H
25 to54 years.
55 years and over.
3.634
3.965
3.027
1.271
1,186
566
240
326
705
550
135
606
540
708
1.520
5.673
5.083
613
752
300
472
2378
2,166
215
1344
640
726
14116
6,537
Mil
755
Feb.
1092
Mar.
1002
6.8
7.1
1X6
183
20.0
154
14.1
2O0
21.5
WA
144
204
234
184
104
54
6.1
43
43
7A
154
224
244
7.7
154
224
264
64
64
4.7
20.6
124
64
6,5
54
13.7
18.0
204
184
11.1
64
6.7
44
72
20.6
144
086
214
20.9
11.3
3.834
5.7
3.386
475
8.0
44
283
330
660
2.702
2425
268
Jan.
1902
1,706
730
329
258
292
616
2.781
2,503
May
1991
281
12J
10.9
10.5
16.7
iao
5.1
63
3.3
7J
1&0
104
214
17.5
12.7
64
6.5
44
74
64
64
6.8
6.7
124
164
124
174
18J
1&2
9J
5.6
M
5.7
3.5
114
182
20.1
174
84
54
6.1
34
54
34
Apr.
1992
May
1002
134
102
224
164
104
64
62
4.7
72
74
144
204
243
174
114
6.1
64
44
74
14J
204
23.7
183
12.1
62
64
62
84
154
213
264
184
133
6.5
64
53
64
12.1
174
204
164
04
64
64
44
64
124
184
214
164
104
54
54
43
Unanptoymw* at a panant of tfw cMllan labor foroa.
i of male Vietnam-era veterane and nonvetenna by age, not i
Table A-0.Employr
eDyadJueted
(Nurrbart In thousands)
CMIan labor force
CVftan
rwikwttutional
population
Veteran status
and age
Unemployed
Errplbyed
Total
Number
Percent o*
labor foroa
May
1901
May
1902
May
1001
May
1002
May
1001
May
1002
7,777
6497
1,183
3,185
2.129
1280
7456
6205
062
2,736
2.607
1.561
7430
6.145
1.101
3.017
2426
806
7470
5J021
006
2.560
2447
1.140
6.738
5465
1422
2.903
1440
874
6.601
5,598
850
2423
2325
1403
301
280
70
115
86
21
370
323
43
44
54
5*5
55
72
6.1
146
122
56
34
43
24
6.7
64
4.0
18.108
8281
5,728
4.180
10,154
8.625
6,171
4358
16.006
7434
5365
3.705
17474
8,168
5,744
3,062
16.119
7411
5.008
3.610
16.892
7.709
5444
3,739
876
424
266
185
082
450
300
223
52
64
64
44
5.5
May
1001
May
1092
May
1901
May
1092
VIETNAM-ERA VETERANS
Total 36 years and over .... MJ ,............... — —
35to39years ,!...,.........._,
40 to 44 years
50years andovtr ..»...-r--i
., .,.„•........
«
-~~~
..~..-...c a i..r-n...
NONVETERANS
Total, 36 to 49 years .M,..T.,.,„„„..„...,.,.,..
—
35 to 39 years «~.......
«..
.««....-..«..«.
40to44 years —•••»
-.«.
45to49years JMll ....,
-,
r —-,
NOTE: Mala Vlatnanvara vatarant a/a man who sarvad In the Aimad Forcat
between August S. 1064 and May 7, 1975. Nonvetarans am man who have
r served in the Armed Forces; published data « e limited to those 35 to 49
54
62
54
yean of age. the Qroup that most doser/ oorrstponds to th« bulk of the
Vietnam-era veteran population.
HOUSEHOLD DATA
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-10. Employment status of the civilian population for 11 large states
(Numbers in thousands)
Seasonally adjusted'I
Not seasonally adjusted1
State and employment status
May
1991
Apr.
1992
May
1992
May
1991
Jan.
1992
Feb.
1992
Mar.
1992
Apr.
1992
May
1992
22,363
14.655
13,535
1.120
7.6
22,818
14.862
13,665
1,197
6.1
22.858
15.066
13,745
1,321
8.8
22,363
14,686
13,570
1,116
7.6
22,698
14,975
13.759
1,216
8.1
22,737
15,099
13,781
1,317
8.7
22,777
15,064
13.785
1.278
85
22,818
14,943
13,742
1,201
8.0
22,858
15,093
13,778
1,315
87
10.324
6,403
5,943
460
12
10,543
6,446
5,934
513
8.0
10,562
6.519
6,016
503
7.7
10.324
6,421
5.947
474
7.4
10,485
6,438
5,881
557
8.7
10,504
6,479
5,922
557
8.6
10,523
6,459
5.902
557
8.6
10,543
6.496
5,955
542
8.3
10,562
6,540
6,023
517
7.9
8.910
5,950
5,597
353
5.9
8,954
6.023
5,549
475
7.9
8,957
6,132
5.651
481
7.8
6,910
5,995
5,628
367
6.1
8,943
6,124
5,619
505
8.3
8,946
6,094
5,573
521
8.5
8.950
6.090
5,613
477
7.8
8,954
6,044
5,569
476
7.9
8,957
6,179
5,682
497
8.0
4,623
3.124
2,836
288
9.2
4.628
3.089
2,823
266
8.6
4,628
3.123
2,868
255
8.2
4,623
3.126
2,833
293
9.4
4,627
3,131
2,884
247
7.9
4,627
3,130
2.895
234
1JS
4,627
3.143
2.857
287
9.1
4,628
3,090
2.825
265
8.6
4,628
3,123
2,864
259
8.3
7,014
4,494
4,090
405
9.0
7,032
4.492
4.069
422
9.4
7.033
4^78
4,195
383
8.4
7,014
4,540
4,117
423
9.3
7,029
4,607
4,199
408
8.9
7,029
4,601
4,185
416
9.0
7,031
4,641
4.209
433
9.3
7,032
4,573
4.142
430
9.4
7,033
4,623
4,224
399
6.6
6,025
3,975
3,716
259
6.5
6,025
4,005
3,706
299
7.5
6,025
3.990
3,636
353
8t9
6,025
3.997
3,732
265
6.6
6,027
4,024
3,752
272
6.8
6,026
4,021
3,713
307
7.6
6,025
4,047
3.761
286
7.1
6.025
4,049
3,735
314
7.8
6.025
4,014
3,654
359
9.0
13,799
8,616
7,979
637
7.4
13.805
8.469
7.815
654
7.7
13.805
8,500
7,808
692
8.1
13.799
8,669
8,044
625
12
13,806
8,435
7,724
711
8.4
13,805
8,463
7,713
750
8.9
13,805
8,543
7,858
686
8.0
13,805
8,545
7,895
650
7.6
13,805
8,546
7,867
679
7.9 .
California
Civilian noninstitutional population
Civilian labor force
Employed ...
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
.
.
.
Florida
Civilian noninstitutional population
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
.....
Illinois
Civilian noninstitutional population
Civilian labor force i i ..... l l i i > .
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
i,.....A *......
Massachusetts
Civilian noninstitutional population
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
.
Unemployment rate .
Michigan
Civilian noninstitutional population
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemolovment rate
„
New Jersey
Civilian noninstitutional population
Civilian labor force
Emoloved
New York
Civilian noninstitutional population
Civilian tabor force
UnemolovAd
Unemployment rate
See footnotes at end of table.
HOUSEHOLD DATA
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-10. Employment status of the civilian population for 11 large state* — Continued
(Numbers in thousands)
!Seasonally adjusted-•
Not seasonally adjusted'
State and employment status
May
1991
Apr.
1992
May
1992
May
1991
Jan.
1992
Feb.
1992
Mar.
1992
Apr.
1992
May
1992
5,053
3.424
3.196
228
6.6
5,112
3.407
3226
181
5.3
5.116
3,439
3238
201
5.9
5.053
3.421
3,198
223
65
5,097
3.441
3,244
197
5.7
5,102
3.442
3229
213
62
5,107
3,462
3.244
218
64
5,112
3,446
3259
187
5.4
5.118
3,435
3240
195
5.7
8306
5.445
5.153
292
5.4
8.334
5.422
5,040
382
7.0
8,336
5,513
5,117
395
72
8.306
5,462
5.159
303
55
8,328
5,491
5,122
370
6.7
8,329
5,462
5.070
391
72
8331
5524
5.129
396
8334
5.453
5,076
377
6.9
8336
5,529
5,122
406
73
9,409
5,938
5.491
447
75
9.436
5.915
5,448
467
7.9
9,438
5,966
5.497
469
7.9
9,409
5,951
5308
443
7.4
9.430
5,978
5356
422
7.1
9,432
6,007
5350
457
75
9,433
5.986
5558
428
72
9.436
5.939
5,469
470
7.9
9,438
5,974
5,510
464
12,509
8,540
8,000
540
63
12,661
8.735
6,087
648
7.4
12.674
8,727
8,082
645
7.4
12.509
8353
7.999
554
65
12.622
8,747
8,061
686
7.8
12334
8,723
8.086
637
7.3
12.647
8,768
8,101
667
73
12,661
6,744
8,101
643
7.4
12,674
8,741
8.082
659
75
North Carolina
Civilian noninstitutionai population
Civilian labor
force
Employed..................................
.
....
*,.».........
Unemployment rate
Ohio
Civilian noninstitutional population
Civilian labor force
Employed
„
Unemployed ...
Unemployment rate
„
*
72
Pennsylvania
Civilian noninstitutional population
Civilian labor force ..................................................
Employed **..»...»....,.........*.............• ....................
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Texas
Civilian noninstitutional population
Civilian labor force
Employed
UnemployedZZZZZZZZZZZZ!""Z!
Unemployment rate
1
These are the official Bureau of Labor Statistics* estimates used in the
administration of Federal fund allocation programs.
2
The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,
identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and the seasonally adjusted
columns.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-l. Employees on n on fa rut payrolls by industry
(In thousands)
Not seasonally adjusted
Seasonally adjusted
Industry
May
1991
Total
Total private
Mar.
1992
Apr.
p.
May
y
1992 £ /
1992
11999922 D /
May
1991
.Jan.
1992
Feb.
1992
Mar.
1992
Apr.
1992 £ /
May
1992fi/
108,640 107,359 108,144 108,830 108,265 108,100 108,142 108,200 108,382 108,450
89,888
88,477
89,245
89,893
89,887
89,643
89,681
89.693
89,833
89,891
Goods-producing industries.
23,836
22,987
23,252
23,491
23,864
23,527
23,525
23,532
23,531
23,523
Mining
Oil and gas extraction.
699
398.0
639
360.7
641
358.3
641
355 5
699
401
657
371
653
368
651
366
646
363
641
358
4,736
1,151.5
4,226
1,043.8
4,446
4,637
1,061.2 1,092.3
4,706
1,157
4,587
1,125
4,582
1,123
4,603
1,115
4,602
1,107
4,609
1,098
Manufacturing
Production workers.
18,401
12,406
18,122
12,263
18,165
12,309
18,459
12,455
18,283
12,386
18,290
12,399
18,278
12,406
18.283
12,413
18,273
12,416
Durable goods
Production workers.
10,621
6,995
10,348
6,843
668.
463.
504.
706.
25 V1
1,329.'
1,951.
1,550.
1,855.
10,373
6,872
18,213
12*364
10,401
6,908
10,622
6,991
10,422
6,895
10,430
6,906
10,417
6,909
10,414
6,905
10,401
6,904
686.5
468.0
680
466
517
711
258
1,344
1,954
1.570
1.850
787
963
367
686
464
517
710
258
1,342
1,950
1,564
1,872
818
959
366
689
465
518
710
258
1,342
,560.9
829.8
949.3
366.7
677
474
522
727
265
1,356
2,017
1,607
1,894
788
984
364
688
467
520
708
257
1,342
1,951
1,557
1,862
823
951
368
688
470
520
706
255
1,343
1,956
1,550
1,848
816
951
369
7,812
5*456
7,837
5,464
7.861
5.491
7,860
5,493
7,869
5,508
7,872
5,512
1,673
49
670
1,002
687
1,544
1,070
159]
859
124
1,672
50
678
1.024
687
1.524
1,073
158
871
124
1.671
50
681
1.025
686
1,519
1,073
158
874
123
1,671
49
682
1.025
687
1,519
877
123
1.675
50
682
1,023
689
1,522
1.072
157
875
124
1,672
50
680
1,024
690
1,522
1,074
156
880
124
Construction
General building contractors.
Lumber and wood products
Furniture and fixtures
Stone, clay, and glass products
,
Primary metal industries
,
Blast furnaces and basic steel products.
Fabricated metal products
Industrial machinery and equipment
Electronic and other electrical equipment.
Transportation equipment
Motor vehicles and equipment
Instruments and ralated products
Miscellaneous manufacturing
Nondurable goods
Production workers
Food and kindred products
Tobacco products
Textile mill products
Apparel and other textile products
Paper and allied products
Printing and publishing
Chemicals and allied products
Petroleum and coal products.
Rubber »nd Misc. plastics products
leather and leather products
675.6
471.8
524.9
725.3
263.4
1,352.6
2,018.6
1,600.9
1,906.3
800.4
982.6
362.6
7,780
5,411
1,630.9
45.0
669.1
1,001.0
683.6
1,542.4
1,067.4
159.2
? 5 7 -J
123.9
807.
954.
363.
7,774
5,420
1,613.
48.
676.
1,021.
682.
1,519.
1,067.
153.
870.
121.
675
465
515
705
255
1,333
1,949,
1,548,
1,863,
824,
949,
365.
522.6
704.4
254.1
1,339.1
1,958.4
1,545.0
7,792
5,437
,619.9 1,629.8
46.2
45.7
678.6
679.0
,022.5
023.2
684.2
686.1
1,521.5] 1,520.0
068.31 1,070.3
155.2!
156.6
877.4
872.7
123.6
122.7
1:125
Yil
956
366
7,861
5,497
84,804
84,372
84,892
85,339
84,401
84,573
84,617
84,668
84,851
84,927
Transportation and public utilities...
Transportation
*
Communications and public utilities.
5,767
3,509
2,258
5,688
3,471
2,217
5,705
3,488
2,217
5,744
3,524
2.220
5,769
3,508
2,261
5,746
3,512
2,234
5,754
3,524
2,230
5,749
3,523
2,226
5,748
3,524
2,224
Wholesale trade
Durable goods....
Nondurable goods.
6,079
3,536
2,543
5,949
3,436
2,513
5,968
3,441
2,527
5,989
3,448
2,541
6,081
3,537
2,544
6,010
3,467
2,543
5,753
3,518
2.235
6,003
3,458
2.545
5,997
3,453
2,544
5,993
5,451
2,542
5,989
3,448
2,541
19,258
2,362.6
3,184.8
1,992.2
6,588.3
18,691
2,249.8
3,137.7
1,977.7
6,289.5
18,907
2,250.8
3,153.5
1,992.5
6,425.1
19,281
2,440
3,207
1,990
6,488
19.118
2.340
3,176
1,995
6,450
19,143
2,353
3,179
1,999
6,451
19,092
2,344
3,179
2,004
6,431
19,175
2,340
3,192
2,007
6.470
6,681
3,205
2,168
1,308
6,634
3,218
2,149
1,267
6,654
3,222
2,147
1,285
19,112
2,259.1
3,157.2
2,010.1
6,554.0
6,688
3,237
2,146
1,305
6,683
3,212
2,168
1,303
6,665
3,209
2,153
1,303
6,673
3,220
2.151
1.302
6,675
3,224
2,149
1,302
6,683
3,232
2,149
1,302
19,131
2,334
3,179
2,008
6,457
6,689
3,243
2.146
1.300
28,267 28,528 28,759 28,869
5,043.7 5,096.2 5,163.8 5,250.2
8,108.8 8,379.0 8,393.8 8,413.7
28,209
5,060
8,127
28,577
5,122
8,354
28,584
5,140
8,373
28,643
5,174
8,387
28,702
5,227
8,411
28,811
5,266
8,431
18,937
2,983
4,426
11,528
18,378
2,957
4,350
11,071
18,457
2,981
4,347
11,129
18,461
2.981
4,346
11.134
18,507
2,989
4,345
11,173
18,549
2,986
4,362
11,201
18,559
2,980
4,365
Service-producing industries.
Retail trade
General merchandise stores
Food stores
Automotive deelers and service stations.
Eating and drinking places
Finance, insurance •nd real estete.
Finance
Insurance
Real estate
Services
Business services....
Health services
Government
Federal
State
Local
P = preliminary.
18,752
2,961
4,411
11,380
18,882
2,974
4,467
11,441
18,899
2,977
4,475
11,447
11,214
NOTE. Data have been revised to reflect March 1991
benchmarks and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers!/ on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
Seasonally adjusted
Not seasonally adjusted
Industry
May
1991
Mar.
1992
Apr.
1992p/
May
May.
1991
Jan.
1992
Feb.
1992
Mar.
1992
Apr.
1992 £ /
May
1992£/
34.1
34.3
34.2
54.4
34.3
34.3
54.6
54.5
54.4
34.5
Mining
44.4
43.8
43.6
45.6
44.8
43.7
44.2
44.3
44.2
44.0
Construction.
38.5
37.3
38.2
38.9
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
C2)
(2)
Manufacturing
Overtime hours.
Durable goods
Overtime hours.
Lumber and wood products
Furniture and fixtures
Stone* clay* and glass products..
Primary metal industries
Blast furnaces and basic steel products.
Fabricated metal products
Industrial machinery end equipment
Electronic and other electrical equipment.
Transportation equipment
Motor vehicles and equipment
Instruments and related products
Miscellaneous manufacturing.
40.5
3.2
40.9
3.5
40.4
3.4
41.1
3.8
40.5
3.4
40.
3.
41.1
5.7
41.1
5.8
41.1
5.9
41.3
4.0
40.7
3.2
41.4
3.5
41.0
,5.5
41.8
5.8
40.9
3.4
41.
3.
41.6
5.7
41.6
3.7
41.5
3.8
41.9
4.0
39.9
38.4
41.7
41.6
41.8
40.8
41.1
40.3
41.5
42.1
40.5
39.2
40.6
39.5
41.4
42.7
43.0
41.3
42.2
41.1
41.7
42.0
41.2
39.9
40.4
59.0
42.2
42.6
43.3
40.8
41.7
40.6
41.1
41.5
40.6
39.5
41.0
39.5
42.7
45.4
44.4
41.8
42.5
41.4
42.5
45.5
40.9
59.9
39.7
38.
41.
41.
42.
40.
41.
40.
41.
41.
40.
39.
40.
59.
41.
42.
42.
41.1
59.7
41.9
42.9
43.3
41.6
42.1
41.1
42.0
42.8
41.2
39.9
41.0
40.1
42.0
45.0
43.5
41.6
42.2
41.2
42.0
42.5
41.2
40.0
40.6
40.0
42.5
45.2
44.0
41.5
42.2
41.1
41.8
43.3
40.9
40.0
40.8
39.9
42.5
43.7
44.7
41.9
42.8
41.7
42.2
43.1
41.5
40.1
59.8
5.3
40.2
5.6
39.7
3.4
40.3
3.7
39.
40.5
3.8
40.5
3.9
40.6
4.1
40.5
4.0
40.2
39.0
40.1
36.7
42.8
37.1
42.4
45.1
40.8
37.3
40.0
,39.1
39.7
57.9
40.1
55.9
45.1
57.6
43.1
43.4
41.5
36.8
40.3
38.2
41.4
37.2
43.7
57.6
45.0
42.7
41.8
37.7
40.
(2)
40.
36.
43.
37.
42.
(2)
40.
37.
57. .
45.4
57.9
43.2
(2)
41.5
57.6
40.8
(2)
41.4
37.2
43.6
38.0
43.4
(2)
41.7
37.1
40.7
(2)
41.5
37.4
45.6
38.1
43.1
(2)
41.7
57.6
40.7
(2)
41.4
37.2
44.0
38.1
43.1
<2)
42.5
58.0
40.5
(2)
41.5
57.5
44.0
38.1
45.3
(2)
41.8
57.8
Transportation and public utilities.
38.6
58.2
58.3
38.3
38.7
58.5
38.7
58.5
38.5
58.4
Wholesale trade
38.1
58.2
38.2
58.3
38.1
58.1
38.5
38.3
38.3
38.5
Retail trade
28.5
28.4
28.6
28.7
28.6
28.7
29.0
28.8
28.6
28.8
Finance* insurance* and real estate.
35.5
56.2
35.8
35.7
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
C2)
Services
52.2
32.5
52.4
52.4
32.4
52.4
52.6
32.6
32.5
32.6
Total private.
Nondurable goods.
Overtime hours
Food and kindred products
Tobacco products
Textile mill products
Apparel and other textile products.
Paper and allied products
Printing and publishing
Chemicals and allied products
Petroleum and coal products
Rubber and misc. Plastics products.
Leather and leather products
*
1/ Data relate to production workers in mining and
manufacturing; construction workers in construction;
and nonsupervisory workers in transportation and
public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance*
insurance* and real estate; and services. These groups
account for approximately four-fifths of the total
employees on private nonfarm payrolls.
2/ These series are not published seasonally
57.2
43.2
38.2
45.1
43.9
41.5
37.2
i\:
41.
41.
41.
41.
39.
40.
5.
40.
IV.
adjusted since the seasonal component is small relative
to the trend-cycle and/or irregular components and
consequently cannot be separated with sufficient
precision.
P = preliminary.
NOTEi Data have been revised to reflect March 1991
benchmarks and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-3. Average h o u r l y and weekly e a r n i n g s o f production or nonsupervisory w o r k e r s ! / on p r i v a t e nonfarm
payrolls by i n d u s t r y
Average hourly earnings
Average weekly earnings
Industry
Total private
Apr.
I May
1992fi/ 199
May
1991
Mar.
1992
$10.29
10.30
$10.54
10.55
Seasonally adjusted
1992B'
$350.89 $361.52 $360.47 $362.92
353.29 363.98 362.23 364.32
14.52
14.38
625.15
636.85
633.07
626.97
14.02
14.06
533.52
523.32
535.56
546.93
11.36
11.41
11.44
448.94
464.62
460.96
470.18
11.96
9.35
8.91
11.60
13.65
15.92
11.40
12.31
10.97
14.98
15.21
11.88
9.11
12.02
9.39
8.92
11.66
13.65
15.80
11.44
12.42
10.97
15.16
15.44
11.91
9.07
476.19
366.68
332.54
473.30
550.37
636.20
454.10
496.90
428.79
609.22
640.34
470.21
346.92
493.49
379.20
351.16
475.69
575.60
671.23
468.34
520.33
448.81
625.08
638.82
487.81
363.49
490.36
377.74
347.49
489.52
581.49
689.34
465.12
513.33
445.38
615.68
631.22
482.33
359.85
502.44
384.99
352.34
497.88
592.41
701.52
478.19
527.85
454.16
641.27
671.64
487.12
361.89
10.71
10.20
17.19
8.56
10.69
10.24
17.42
8.55
13.04
11.62
14.39
17.97
10.33
7.47
13.07
11.62
14.42
17.60
10.35
7.42
414.32
399.99
696.93
330.02
247.73
541.85
422.20
592.33
762.19
410.04
267.44
7.17
11.92
9.34
8.89
11.49
13.48
15.61
11.34
12.33
10.92
14.99
15.21
11.84
9.11
10.63
10.13
16.76
8.51
6.87
12.95
11.68
14.26
17.96
10.27
7.44
427.33
405.20
655.32
347.21
255.56
559.44
446.18
614.61
788.44
426.21
276.77
425.19
404.94
651.50
343.26
250.58
562.02
436.91
620.21
779.90
426.63
274.90
430.81
412.67
665.44
353.97
258.54
571.16
436.91
620.06
751.52
432.63
279.73
13.18
13.38
13.42
13.40
11.70
9.19
8.66
11.35
13.23
15.22
11.13
12.09
10.64
14.68
15.21
11.61
8.85
10.41
9.95
17.87
8.23
6.75
12.66
11.38
13.97
16.90
10.05
6.98
6.95
11.11
11.34
11.34
11.34
6.93
7.11
7.13
7.13
Finance, insurance, and real estate....
10.35
10.80
10.75
10.74
Services
10.19
10.53
10.50
10.47
508.75
511.12
513.99
513.22
423.29
433.19
433.19
434.32
197.51
201.92
203.92
204.63
367.43
390.96
384.85
383.42
328.1?
342.23
340.20
339.23
NOTEi Data have been revised to reflect March 1991
benchmarks and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
!/ See footnote 1* table B-2.
P * preliminary.
Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers!/ on private nonfarm
payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted
May
1991
Total privatei
$10.30
Current dollars
7.46
Constant (1982) dollars^/
14.12
Mining
13.97
Construction
11.14
Manufacturing
10.70
Excluding overtime*/..
..... ..
13.23
Transportation and public utilities
11.13
Wholesale trade
6.93
Retail trade
10.34
Finance, insurance, and real estate
10.21
Services
1/ See footnote 1, table B-2.
£/ The Consumer Price Index for Urban
Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W)
used to deflate this series.
3/ Change was -0.4 percent from March
1992 to April 1992, the latest month
available.
£/ Derived by assuming that overtime
May
1992fi/
14.54
Retail trade
Industry
\
14.03
Manufacturing
Hholesale trade.
IApr.
14.08
Construction
Transportation and public utilities
$10.55
10.56
Mar.
1992
13.93
Mining
Durable goods
i
Lumber and wood products
Furniture and fixtures
Stone, clay, and glass products
Primary metal industries
Blast furnaces and basic steel products
Fabricated metal products
Industrial machinery and equipment
Electronic and other electrical equipment
Transportation equipment
Motor vehicles and equipment
Instruments and related products
Miscellaneous manufacturing
Nondurable goods
Food and kindred products
Tobacco products
Textile mill products
.
Apparel and other textile products
Paper and allied products
Printing and publishing
Chemicals and allied products
Petroleum and coal products
Rubber and misc. plastics products
Leather and leather products
$10.54
10.53
May
1991
Jan.
1992
Feb.
1992
$10.46
7.44
14.43
13.99
11.27
10.81
13.34
11.27
7.07
10.62
10.41
$10.51 $10.55 $10.53
7.46
7.46
7.43
14.45
14.50| 14.46
13.93
14.061
14.03
11.34
11.37
11.42
10.86
10.87
10.93
13.43
13.41
13.42
11.33
11.35
11.29
7.091
7.12
7.10
10.731
10.78
10.68
10.47
10.50
10.46
Mar.
1992
Apr.
1992 E /
May
1992 E /
$10.56
N.A.
14.42
14.10
11.44
10.92
13.45
11.36
7.13
10.74
10.49
Percent
change
from:
Apr. 1992May 1992
0.3
(3)
-.3
.5
.2
-.1
.2
.6
.4
.6
.3
hours are paid at the rate of time and onehalf.
N.A. = not available.
fi/ = preliminary.
NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect
March 1991 benchmarks and updated seasonal
adjustment factors.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers!/ on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry
(1982-100)
Seasonally adjusted
Not seasonally adjusted
Industry
May
1991
Total private
Goods-producing industries
*
Mining.....
Mar.
1992
Apr.
1992
May
1992fi/
May
1991
Jan.
1992
Feb.
1992
Mar.
1992
Apr.
1992£/
May
1992fi/
119.9 118.3
119.3
121.0
120.3 120.3 121.2 121.0
120.9
121.5
105.1
99.6
100.7
105.9
103.5 102.8 105.2 105.5
103.6
104.4
63.1
56.2
56.3
55.9
63.6
57.8
58.2
58.3
57.6
56.2
121.7
124.2
Construction.
125.8 106.7
116.5
125.2
124.5 120.2 119.7 120.6
Manufacturing
100.9 101.0
100.3
102.6
101.6 102.1 102.7 102.9
102.9
103.4
98.2
117.2
113.5
97.1
86.0
74.4
99.8
90.9
100.0
111.8
125.0
82.5
98.9
105.1
104.4
6?.5
98.3
93.4
108.0
124.0
99.9
82.9
126.0
56.5
97.7
118.2
112.7
101
99.0
116.2
113.2
101.1
86.8
75.9
100.8
92.0
101.3
111.8
120.9
84.6
96.8
99.4
121.6
116.0
103.3
100.4
122.0
116.7
103.5
88.1
77.0
102.8
92.8
101.6
112.7
128.8
82.5
101.1
90
108
122.2
99.5
83.7
125.6
56.5
100.1
122.5
114.8
104.5
87.5
76.3
102.3
92.2
100.7
114.1
133.0
81.3
99.6
106.1
106.7
63.6
100.3
93.7
110.1
122.1
99.9
83.7
128.0
58.2
127.4 126.6
127.7
128.6
115.2 110.5
111.2
112.4
Durable goods
Lumber and wood products
Furniture and fixtures.
*.
Stone, clay, and glass products
Primary metal industries.
Blast furnaces and basic steel products
Fabricated metal products.
Industrial machinery and equipment...*
Electronic and other electrical equipment
Transportation equipment*
Motor vehicles and equipment
Instruments and related products
Miscellaneous manufacturing
9S.8
116.5
111.5
102.5
56.2
75.2
100
91
100
113.4
124.1
83.6
95.7
Nondurable goods
Food and kindred products
Tobacco products
Textile mill products
Apparel and other textile products
Paper and allied products
Printing and publishing
*
Chemicals and allied products.
Petroleum and coal products
Rubber and misc. plastics products
Leather and leather products.
105
105
62.4
95.6
90
107
121
100
88.5
121.4
57.6
Service-producing industries
Transportation and public utilities
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
Finance, insurance, and real estate
Services
See footnote 1 , table 5-2.
¥•• preliminary.
,
86
74
99
89
98
111.0
125.9
80.5
98.1
104.1
104.4
64.1
96.9
115.6 111.6
112.0
112.9
119.3 114.6
116.9
118.5
118.1 119.4
118.7
119.2
144.1 146.7
147.5
148.1
98.6
119.4
114.0
100.6
86.0
75.4
101.2
89.6
100.8
111.8
121.6
82.7
99.3
99.5
122.4
115.9
101.1
87.1
75.8
101.7
90.2
100.7
114.0
130.4
85.0
99.5
99.7
122.6
115.7
101.6
87.2
75.7
101.7
90.4
100.9
114.0
129.5
82.8
100.1
106.9 107.5 107.4
110.7 111.5 111.1
72.4 70.0 72.4
100.5 100.6
99,
94,
95.7 94.21
109, 109.7 109.9
123.5 123.5 125.6
100.6 100.9 100.0
85.2 87.0 86.5
126.5 127.3 127.6
57.9
57.8 57.0 57.8
127.8
128.2 129.5 128.9
113.5
112.9 115.6 112.9
113.8
112.5 113.5 112.8
119.8
118.8 120.2 119.li
118.6
119.0 120.81 120.51
144.7
146.7 147.61 147.91
105.3
110.0
69.5
95.9
90.4
108.6
122.8
100.9
88.5
121
87.6
76
101
90
100
112
131
81
100.1
107.8
112.0
74.5
100.6
93.6
111.3
123.8
99.8
84.6
129.3
59.0
107.7
110.9
71.9
100.7
94.1
111.6
125.8
100.8
85.8
128.7
58.6
128.6
129.2
112.4
112.7
112.9
112.9
118.7
119.5
118.6
119.5
148.0
148.8
NOTEi Data have been revised to reflect March 1991
benchmarks and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-6.
Diffusion indexes of employment change* seasonally adjusted
(Percent)
Time span
Jan.
Feb.
Mar
Apr •
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept
Oct.
Nov.
Dec
Private nonfarm payrolls* 356 industries^/
Over 1-month s p a m
1990
1991
1992
59.1
37.9
43.5
58.8
37.6
47.9
Over 3-month spant
1990
1991
1992
61.2
31.3
44.8
61.1
28.7
44.1
58.6
27.9
/
4
6.6
£
55.1
29.2
E/50.0
28 ?
50 .0
33 .0
53.7
27.4
51.4
28.5
48 9
28 .1
46 .6
Over 6-month
1990
1991
1992
49 .3
53 ft 46 ,9
50
36 .1
41
47 . 5 fi/57.4 IS/51 .8
47.8
45.1
43.5
48.7
41.4
51.4
40.3
50.0
40.2
47.1
38.2
46.8
37
46 9
54 ft
48 .0
45 .6
31 .7
38 .3
41 .0
45.2
45.6
40.9
48.0
35.7
51.4
33.8
48.5
33.1
46.3
32.6
44.4
H/52 .0
32
42. 7
.2
38 .9
39.0
44.0
37.2
47.2
34.7
46.3
31.9
46.9
30.6
46.1
29.1
44.0
27. 9
43.4
43 0
32
40.0
33.4
37.1
35.7
33.7
39.0
32.3
42.8
30.6
fi/46.2
28.9
fi/46.5
27.7
spam
Over 12-month s p a m
1990
1991
1992
54
29 .9
43 .7
Manufacturing payrolls , 139 industries!/
Over 1-month s p a m
1990
1991
1992
47.8
35.6
39.6
51.1
33.5
43.9
48 2
30 6
43 7
Over 3-month s p a m
1990
1991
1992
48.6
23.4
37.8
49.3
21.6
36.3
p/48. 2
fi/50 7
Over 6-month s p a m
1990
1991
1992
45.3
17.3
E/41.0
41.4
20.5
£/45.3
41.7
42 8
21.9
35.3
17.6
32.7
19.4
31.7
18.0
Over 12-month s p a m
1990
1991
1992
48.
21. 6
45 .3
40
£/56 'l
41 7
46 0
9
42.8
43.9
39.9
49.6
36.7
50.7
34.2
42.8
33.5
46.4
29.5
45.3
31. 7
46. 0
41 0
32 4
37 8
36. 3
37.1
43.5
32.4
52.2
27.7
49.6
25.2
46.4
21.9
42.4
19.8
42.1
22.7
25 9
33. 1
34. 9
29.5
40.6
23.7
45.3
21.2
44.6
18.7
45.3
19.4
39.9
18.0
36.0
16.
36.n
32.7
26.
24.1
23.4
25.2
23.0
25.9
19.4
28.8
18.3
37.4
15.8
fi/41.0
14.7
fi/41.4
19.4
1/
Based on seasonally adjusted data f o r 1 - , 3->
and 6-month spans and unadjusted data f o r the 12-month
span. Data a r e centered w i t h i n the span.
P = preliminary.
NOTEi Figures are the percent o f i n d u s t r i e s w i t h
employment i n c r e a s i n g plus o n e - h a l f o f the i n d u s t r i e s
3-U.S. Government Printing Office i 1992 - 313-146/60089
37.
15 5
w i t h unchanged employment$ where 50 percent
i n d i c a t e s an equal balance between i n d u s t r i e s w i t h
increasing and decreasing employment.
Data have
been revised to r e f l e c t March 1991 benchmarks
and updated seasonal adjustment f a c t o r s .
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