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TEXT Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin Table A-3. Selected employment indicators Table A-4. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted Table A-5. Duration of unemployment Table A-6. Reason for unemployment Table A-7. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization Table A-8. Unemployed persons by age and sex, seasonally adjusted Table A-9. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls by industry Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls Table B-6. Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted Technical information: Household data: (202) 606-6378 606-6373 Establishment data: Media contact: 606-6555 606-5902 USDL 96-217 Transmission of material in this release is embargoed until 8:30 A.M. (EDT), Friday, June 7, 1996. THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: MAY 1996 Employment increased in May, and the unemployment rate returned to its March level of 5.6 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The jobless rate was 5.4 percent in April. Nonfarm payroll employment, as measured by the survey of employers, rose by 348,000, with increases spread across a broad range of industries. Total employment, as measured by the household survey, also rose in May. Unemployment (Household Survey Data) The unemployment rate, at 5.6 percent in May, has remained within a narrow range (5.4 to 5.8 percent) since late 1994. Among the major worker groups, the jobless rate for adult women increased by 0.3 percentage point to 5.0 percent, while the rates for adult men (4.8 percent), teenagers (16.4 percent), whites (4.9 percent), blacks (10.2 percent), and Hispanics (9.2 percent) showed little or no change in May. The number of unemployed persons was 7.4 million. (See table A-1.) Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) Total employment rose by 367,000 to 126.5 million in May. Employment has increased by 1.5 million since December, after showing little growth through most of 1995. The employment-population ratio--the proportion of the population age 16 years and older with jobs--edged up to 63.1 percent in May. At 4.3 million, about a quarter of a million fewer persons worked part time for economic reasons in May than in April. These are persons who would have preferred to work full time. (See tables A-1 and A-3.) The number of persons who held more than one job totaled 7.8 million (not seasonally adjusted) in May. These multiple jobholders made up 6.2 percent of all employed persons. (See table A-9.) The civilian labor force rose by 550,000 in May to a seasonally adjusted level of 133.9 million. As a result, the labor force participation rate rose 0.3 percentage point to 66.9 percent. After having been little changed for most of 1995, the civilian labor force has increased by about 1.6 million since December. (See table A-1.) ---------------------------------------------------| The establishment data in this release have been | | adjusted to reflect annual benchmark revisions, | |new seasonal adjustment procedures, and updated | |bias and seasonal adjustment factors. More | |information on the revisions is contained in | |the note beginning on page 5. | ---------------------------------------------------- - 2 Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted ___________________________________________________________________________ | Quarterly | Monthly data | | averages | | |_________________|__________________________|Apr.Category | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 |May |_________________|__________________________|change | IV | I | Mar. | Apr. | May | ______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______ HOUSEHOLD DATA | Labor force status |____________________________________________________ Civilian labor force..| 132,432| 133,192| 133,655| 133,361| 133,910| 549 Employment..........| 125,096| 125,680| 126,151| 126,095| 126,462| 367 Unemployment........| 7,336| 7,512| 7,504| 7,266| 7,448| 182 Not in labor force....| 66,920| 66,584| 66,266| 66,741| 66,368| -373 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Unemployment rates |____________________________________________________ All workers...........| 5.5| 5.6| 5.6| 5.4| 5.6| 0.2 Adult men...........| 4.7| 4.9| 5.0| 4.8| 4.8| .0 Adult women.........| 4.8| 4.9| 4.8| 4.7| 5.0| .3 Teenagers...........| 17.6| 17.4| 17.5| 16.7| 16.4| -.3 White...............| 4.9| 4.9| 4.8| 4.7| 4.9| .2 Black...............| 9.9| 10.7| 11.1| 10.5| 10.2| -.3 Hispanic origin.....| 9.3| 9.7| 10.0| 9.7| 9.2| -.5 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ ESTABLISHMENT DATA1/ | Employment |____________________________________________________ Nonfarm employment....| 117,928| 118,462| 118,737|p118,900|p119,248| p348 Goods-producing 2/..| 24,148| 24,187| 24,196| p24,203| p24,238| p35 Construction......| 5,211| 5,308| 5,340| p5,351| p5,379| p28 Manufacturing.....| 18,366| 18,308| 18,282| p18,278| p18,284| p6 Service-producing 2/| 93,780| 94,275| 94,541| p94,697| p95,010| p313 Retail trade......| 21,299| 21,317| 21,343| p21,418| p21,464| p46 Services..........| 33,556| 33,877| 34,035| p34,100| p34,281| p181 Government........| 19,341| 19,365| 19,394| p19,399| p19,442| p43 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Hours of work 3/ |____________________________________________________ Total private.........| 34.4| 34.3| 34.5| p34.3| p34.3| p0.0 Manufacturing.......| 41.4| 40.9| 41.4| p41.5| p41.7| p.2 Overtime..........| 4.3| 4.2| 4.3| p4.6| p4.6| p.0 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Earnings 3/ |____________________________________________________ Avg. hourly earnings, | | | | | | total private.......| $11.58| $11.65| $11.68| p$11.72| p$11.75| p$0.03 Avg. weekly earnings, | | | | | | total private.......| 398.47| 399.22| 402.96| p402.00| p403.03| p1.03 ______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______ 1/ Establishment data have been revised to reflect March 1995 benchmarks, new seasonal adjustment procedures, and updated seasonal adjustment factors. 2/ Includes other industries, not shown separately. 3/ Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers. p=preliminary. - 3 Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) About 1.5 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally attached to the labor force in May--that is, they wanted and were available for work but had stopped looking for jobs sometime in the prior 12 months. The number of discouraged workers--persons who had stopped looking for work specifically because they believed there were no jobs available for them-totaled 352,000 in May. (See table A-9.) Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data) Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 348,000 in May to 119.2 million, after seasonal adjustment. Employment growth had averaged 191,000 per month from December through April. (See table B-1.) Employment in the services industry expanded by 181,000 in May, after a smaller-than-usual gain in April. Increases occurred in nearly all components of the industry. Growth was particularly strong in business services (67,000), where help supply services alone added 48,000 workers. In addition, computer and data processing services continued its upward trend, with an increase of 15,000 jobs. Engineering and management services, an industry closely related to business services, also added 22,000 jobs. Health services employment rose by 39,000, as gains were spread among medical offices, hospitals, and nursing and personal care facilities. Following a strong gain in April, retail trade employment was up by 46,000 in May. Most of the increase was in department stores, where little growth had occurred during the prior year. Employment in food stores had been flat through April of this year, but rose by 10,000 in May. By contrast, after showing strength in April, seasonal hiring in eating and drinking places was slightly less than usual for the month, resulting in a small decline after seasonal adjustment. Finance, insurance, and real estate employment was up by 20,000 in May, as job growth occurred in each component. Continued strength in mortgage brokerages and real estate reflected improvements in the housing market. Transportation employment, which had been flat in April, rose by 18,000 in May. Increases were concentrated in local transit and in trucking and warehousing. Employment in communications continued its upward trend in May, adding 3,000 jobs, while employment in public utilities continued its slow and steady decline. Government employment increased by 43,000 in May. Most of the growth was in the noneducation component of local government and partly reflected hiring of temporary workers for primary elections. State government employment also was up, by 7,000 in May, and by 19,000 so far this year. In the goods-producing sector, construction employment rose by 28,000 in May--about the average monthly increase since October of last year. All of the May growth in construction occurred among special trade contractors. Manufacturing employment held steady over the month, after having declined by 282,000 from its most recent peak in March 1995. Within manufacturing, motor vehicles and equipment added 10,000 jobs in May; there were small gains in a number of other industries as well. Employment continued to - 4 decline, however, in several other manufacturing industries, including apparel, printing and publishing, and food processing. Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data) The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls held at 34.3 hours in May, after seasonal adjustment. The factory workweek, at 41.7 hours, was up by 0.2 hour in May and was the longest since March 1995. Factory overtime was unchanged at 4.6 hours. (See table B-2.) The index of aggregate weekly hours of private production or nonsupervisory workers on nonfarm payrolls rose 0.1 percent in May to 135.4 (1982=100), after seasonal adjustment. The manufacturing index increased by 0.5 percent to 106.2. (See table B-5.) Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data) Average hourly earnings of private production or nonsupervisory workers on nonfarm payrolls rose 3 cents in May, after seasonal adjustment, to $11.75. Average weekly earnings were up $1.03 to $403.03. Over the year, average hourly earnings increased by 3.4 percent and average weekly earnings by 3.7 percent. (See table B-3.) _________________________ The Employment Situation for June 1996 is scheduled to be released on Friday, July 5, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT). - 5 Revisions in Establishment Survey Data In accordance with annual practice, the establishment survey data have been revised to reflect comprehensive universe counts of payroll jobs (benchmarks) and updated bias and seasonal adjustment factors. In addition, BLS has implemented new seasonal adjustment procedures for these data. Benchmark counts are derived principally from unemployment insurance tax records for March 1995; the benchmark process resulted in revisions to all not seasonally adjusted data series from April 1994 forward, the time period since the last benchmark was established. All seasonally adjusted data beginning with January 1988 also have been revised. Although the usual practice is to revise 5 years of seasonally adjusted data with benchmark updates, additional years have been included with this release to allow fuller incorporation of an improved seasonal adjustment methodology. The new seasonal adjustment procedures, based on X-12 ARIMA (AutoRegressive Integrated Moving Average) software developed by the Bureau of the Census, control for the effect of varying survey intervals (also known as the 4- versus 5-week effect), thereby providing improved measurement of over-the-month changes and underlying economic trends. Table B presents revised total nonfarm employment levels, seasonally adjusted, for the period January 1995 through February 1996 (the last month for which final estimates were previously published). The revised data for April 1995 forward incorporate the effect of applying the rate of change measured by the sample to the new benchmark level and updated bias adjustments, as well as new seasonal adjustment factors. In terms of data revisions, the total nonfarm employment level for March 1995, the benchmark month, was raised by 542,000 (399,000 on a seasonally adjusted basis). The previously published seasonally adjusted level for February 1996 was revised up by 737,000. The June 1996 issue of Employment and Earnings will contain an article that discusses the effects of benchmark and post-benchmark revisions. This issue also will provide revised seasonal adjustment factors for March through October 1996 and revised estimates for all regularly published tables containing national establishment survey data on employment, hours, and earnings. A forthcoming BLS bulletin will contain all historical data revised as a result of this benchmark and updated seasonal adjustment factors. The full history of all establishment data series is available on magnetic tape (call 202-606-5957). These data are also available from LABSTAT, the Bureau's public database, on the INTERNET at http://stats.bls.gov. Revised data for the series shown in tables B-1 through B-6 of this release are in the /pub/special.request/ee directory. Further information on the revisions released today may be obtained by calling 202-606-6555. - 6 Table B. Revisions in total nonfarm employment, seasonally adjusted, January 1995-February 1996 (In thousands) -------------------------------------------------| | | Year | As | | and | previously | As |Difference month | published | revised | -------------|------------|------------|---------| | | 1995 | | | January....| 115,810 | 116,250 | 440 February...| 116,123 | 116,502 | 379 March......| 116,302 | 116,701 | 399 April......| 116,310 | 116,861 | 551 May........| 116,248 | 116,907 | 659 June.......| 116,547 | 117,100 | 553 July.......| 116,575 | 117,201 | 626 August.....| 116,838 | 117,499 | 661 September..| 116,932 | 117,623 | 691 October....| 117,000 | 117,749 | 749 November...| 117,212 | 117,899 | 687 December...| 117,357 | 118,136 | 779 | | | 1996 | | | January....| 117,211 | 118,070 | 859 February...| 117,842 | 118,579 | 737 -------------------------------------------------- HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age (Numbers in thousands) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted1/ | | __________________________ _____________________________________________________ Employment status, sex, and age | | | | | | | | | | May | Apr. | May | May | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | TOTAL | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 198,286| 200,101| 200,278| 198,286| 199,634| 199,773| 199,921| 200,101| 200,278 Civilian labor force............................| 131,739| 132,513| 133,558| 132,058| 132,903| 133,018| 133,655| 133,361| 133,910 Participation rate........................| 66.4| 66.2| 66.7| 66.6| 66.6| 66.6| 66.9| 66.6| 66.9 Employed......................................| 124,554| 125,388| 126,391| 124,598| 125,226| 125,663| 126,151| 126,095| 126,462 Employment-population ratio...............| 62.8| 62.7| 63.1| 62.8| 62.7| 62.9| 63.1| 63.0| 63.1 Agriculture.................................| 3,558| 3,344| 3,698| 3,360| 3,529| 3,519| 3,487| 3,368| 3,491 Nonagricultural industries..................| 120,996| 122,044| 122,693| 121,238| 121,698| 122,143| 122,664| 122,726| 122,971 Unemployed....................................| 7,185| 7,124| 7,166| 7,460| 7,677| 7,355| 7,504| 7,266| 7,448 Unemployment rate.........................| 5.5| 5.4| 5.4| 5.6| 5.8| 5.5| 5.6| 5.4| 5.6 Not in labor force..............................| 66,547| 67,589| 66,721| 66,228| 66,730| 66,754| 66,266| 66,741| 66,368 | | | | | | | | | Men, 16 years and over | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 95,024| 95,955| 96,048| 95,024| 95,713| 95,786| 95,864| 95,955| 96,048 Civilian labor force............................| 71,188| 71,450| 72,125| 71,307| 71,593| 71,743| 72,030| 71,935| 72,241 Participation rate........................| 74.9| 74.5| 75.1| 75.0| 74.8| 74.9| 75.1| 75.0| 75.2 Employed......................................| 67,227| 67,415| 68,258| 67,241| 67,501| 67,764| 67,856| 67,933| 68,278 Employment-population ratio...............| 70.7| 70.3| 71.1| 70.8| 70.5| 70.7| 70.8| 70.8| 71.1 Unemployed....................................| 3,961| 4,036| 3,867| 4,066| 4,092| 3,979| 4,174| 4,002| 3,964 Unemployment rate.........................| 5.6| 5.6| 5.4| 5.7| 5.7| 5.5| 5.8| 5.6| 5.5 | | | | | | | | | Men, 20 years and over | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 87,691| 88,440| 88,530| 87,691| 88,223| 88,296| 88,366| 88,440| 88,530 Civilian labor force............................| 67,312| 67,625| 68,095| 67,283| 67,563| 67,719| 67,980| 67,821| 68,064 Participation rate........................| 76.8| 76.5| 76.9| 76.7| 76.6| 76.7| 76.9| 76.7| 76.9 Employed......................................| 64,101| 64,296| 64,963| 63,951| 64,246| 64,425| 64,594| 64,555| 64,818 Employment-population ratio...............| 73.1| 72.7| 73.4| 72.9| 72.8| 73.0| 73.1| 73.0| 73.2 Agriculture.................................| 2,379| 2,283| 2,482| 2,241| 2,399| 2,382| 2,403| 2,292| 2,337 Nonagricultural industries..................| 61,722| 62,014| 62,480| 61,710| 61,848| 62,044| 62,191| 62,263| 62,480 Unemployed....................................| 3,212| 3,328| 3,133| 3,332| 3,317| 3,294| 3,386| 3,266| 3,246 Unemployment rate.........................| 4.8| 4.9| 4.6| 5.0| 4.9| 4.9| 5.0| 4.8| 4.8 | | | | | | | | | Women, 16 years and over | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 103,263| 104,146| 104,230| 103,263| 103,921| 103,986| 104,058| 104,146| 104,230 Civilian labor force............................| 60,551| 61,062| 61,433| 60,751| 61,310| 61,275| 61,625| 61,426| 61,669 Participation rate........................| 58.6| 58.6| 58.9| 58.8| 59.0| 58.9| 59.2| 59.0| 59.2 Employed......................................| 57,327| 57,973| 58,133| 57,357| 57,725| 57,899| 58,294| 58,161| 58,184 Employment-population ratio...............| 55.5| 55.7| 55.8| 55.5| 55.5| 55.7| 56.0| 55.8| 55.8 Unemployed....................................| 3,224| 3,089| 3,300| 3,394| 3,585| 3,376| 3,331| 3,264| 3,485 Unemployment rate.........................| 5.3| 5.1| 5.4| 5.6| 5.8| 5.5| 5.4| 5.3| 5.7 | | | | | | | | | Women, 20 years and over | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 96,141| 96,857| 96,925| 96,141| 96,717| 96,757| 96,798| 96,857| 96,925 Civilian labor force............................| 56,885| 57,636| 57,735| 57,027| 57,591| 57,570| 57,903| 57,763| 57,915 Participation rate........................| 59.2| 59.5| 59.6| 59.3| 59.5| 59.5| 59.8| 59.6| 59.8 Employed......................................| 54,307| 55,081| 55,058| 54,243| 54,642| 54,790| 55,146| 55,060| 55,014 Employment-population ratio...............| 56.5| 56.9| 56.8| 56.4| 56.5| 56.6| 57.0| 56.8| 56.8 Agriculture.................................| 879| 834| 875| 835| 857| 851| 844| 813| 831 Nonagricultural industries..................| 53,428| 54,247| 54,183| 53,408| 53,785| 53,938| 54,303| 54,247| 54,183 Unemployed....................................| 2,578| 2,555| 2,677| 2,784| 2,949| 2,780| 2,757| 2,704| 2,901 Unemployment rate.........................| 4.5| 4.4| 4.6| 4.9| 5.1| 4.8| 4.8| 4.7| 5.0 | | | | | | | | | Both sexes, 16 to 19 years | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population.............| 14,454| 14,805| 14,823| 14,454| 14,694| 14,719| 14,757| 14,805| 14,823 Civilian labor force............................| 7,542| 7,252| 7,727| 7,748| 7,749| 7,729| 7,772| 7,776| 7,932 Participation rate........................| 52.2| 49.0| 52.1| 53.6| 52.7| 52.5| 52.7| 52.5| 53.5 Employed......................................| 6,147| 6,011| 6,371| 6,404| 6,338| 6,448| 6,411| 6,480| 6,630 Employment-population ratio...............| 42.5| 40.6| 43.0| 44.3| 43.1| 43.8| 43.4| 43.8| 44.7 Agriculture.................................| 300| 227| 341| 284| 273| 286| 240| 263| 323 Nonagricultural industries..................| 5,846| 5,784| 6,030| 6,120| 6,065| 6,161| 6,171| 6,217| 6,308 Unemployed....................................| 1,395| 1,241| 1,356| 1,344| 1,412| 1,282| 1,362| 1,296| 1,301 Unemployment rate.........................| 18.5| 17.1| 17.6| 17.3| 18.2| 16.6| 17.5| 16.7| 16.4 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin (Numbers in thousands) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted1/ Employment status, race, sex, age, and | | __________________________ _____________________________________________________ Hispanic origin | | | | | | | | | | May | Apr. | May | May | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | WHITE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 166,708| 167,973| 168,098| 166,708| 167,669| 167,757| 167,853| 167,973| 168,098 Civilian labor force............................| 111,494| 111,965| 112,854| 111,707| 112,198| 112,747| 112,970| 112,613| 113,109 Participation rate..........................| 66.9| 66.7| 67.1| 67.0| 66.9| 67.2| 67.3| 67.0| 67.3 Employed......................................| 106,116| 106,724| 107,536| 106,141| 106,576| 107,244| 107,497| 107,319| 107,612 Employment-population ratio.................| 63.7| 63.5| 64.0| 63.7| 63.6| 63.9| 64.0| 63.9| 64.0 Unemployed....................................| 5,378| 5,241| 5,317| 5,566| 5,623| 5,502| 5,473| 5,294| 5,497 Unemployment rate...........................| 4.8| 4.7| 4.7| 5.0| 5.0| 4.9| 4.8| 4.7| 4.9 | | | | | | | | | Men, 20 years and over | | | | | | | | | Civilian labor force............................| 57,653| 58,003| 58,367| 57,608| 57,894| 58,162| 58,309| 58,202| 58,340 Participation rate..........................| 77.1| 77.0| 77.4| 77.0| 77.0| 77.3| 77.5| 77.3| 77.4 Employed......................................| 55,176| 55,499| 56,026| 55,033| 55,438| 55,688| 55,795| 55,778| 55,914 Employment-population ratio.................| 73.8| 73.7| 74.3| 73.6| 73.7| 74.0| 74.1| 74.1| 74.2 Unemployed....................................| 2,477| 2,504| 2,341| 2,575| 2,456| 2,475| 2,514| 2,424| 2,426 Unemployment rate...........................| 4.3| 4.3| 4.0| 4.5| 4.2| 4.3| 4.3| 4.2| 4.2 | | | | | | | | | Women, 20 years and over | | | | | | | | | Civilian labor force............................| 47,426| 47,821| 47,939| 47,566| 47,727| 47,968| 48,136| 47,884| 48,103 Participation rate..........................| 58.9| 59.1| 59.2| 59.1| 59.0| 59.3| 59.5| 59.2| 59.4 Employed......................................| 45,539| 45,983| 45,976| 45,523| 45,604| 45,892| 46,141| 45,937| 45,976 Employment-population ratio.................| 56.6| 56.8| 56.8| 56.6| 56.4| 56.8| 57.0| 56.8| 56.8 Unemployed....................................| 1,886| 1,838| 1,964| 2,043| 2,123| 2,076| 1,995| 1,947| 2,128 Unemployment rate...........................| 4.0| 3.8| 4.1| 4.3| 4.4| 4.3| 4.1| 4.1| 4.4 | | | | | | | | | Both sexes, 16 to 19 years | | | | | | | | | Civilian labor force............................| 6,415| 6,141| 6,547| 6,533| 6,577| 6,616| 6,525| 6,527| 6,666 Participation rate..........................| 56.1| 52.4| 55.6| 57.1| 56.6| 56.8| 55.8| 55.7| 56.6 Employed......................................| 5,400| 5,242| 5,535| 5,585| 5,533| 5,665| 5,561| 5,604| 5,723 Employment-population ratio.................| 47.2| 44.7| 47.0| 48.9| 47.6| 48.6| 47.6| 47.8| 48.6 Unemployed....................................| 1,015| 899| 1,012| 948| 1,044| 951| 964| 923| 943 Unemployment rate...........................| 15.8| 14.6| 15.5| 14.5| 15.9| 14.4| 14.8| 14.1| 14.1 Men.......................................| 16.1| 15.8| 16.1| 15.3| 16.6| 15.2| 16.0| 15.2| 15.2 Women.....................................| 15.5| 13.4| 14.8| 13.7| 15.1| 13.4| 13.4| 12.9| 12.9 | | | | | | | | | BLACK | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 23,192| 23,519| 23,549| 23,192| 23,424| 23,455| 23,485| 23,519| 23,549 Civilian labor force............................| 14,723| 14,900| 15,080| 14,794| 14,993| 14,827| 15,030| 14,971| 15,149 Participation rate..........................| 63.5| 63.4| 64.0| 63.8| 64.0| 63.2| 64.0| 63.7| 64.3 Employed......................................| 13,274| 13,368| 13,571| 13,312| 13,409| 13,302| 13,358| 13,399| 13,599 Employment-population ratio.................| 57.2| 56.8| 57.6| 57.4| 57.2| 56.7| 56.9| 57.0| 57.7 Unemployed....................................| 1,449| 1,532| 1,510| 1,482| 1,584| 1,525| 1,673| 1,573| 1,551 Unemployment rate...........................| 9.8| 10.3| 10.0| 10.0| 10.6| 10.3| 11.1| 10.5| 10.2 | | | | | | | | | Men, 20 years and over | | | | | | | | | Civilian labor force............................| 6,760| 6,716| 6,808| 6,743| 6,748| 6,775| 6,790| 6,696| 6,786 Participation rate..........................| 73.1| 71.5| 72.4| 72.9| 72.2| 72.3| 72.4| 71.3| 72.2 Employed......................................| 6,183| 6,067| 6,173| 6,152| 6,141| 6,089| 6,049| 6,055| 6,136 Employment-population ratio.................| 66.9| 64.6| 65.7| 66.5| 65.7| 65.0| 64.5| 64.5| 65.3 Unemployed....................................| 578| 648| 635| 591| 607| 686| 741| 641| 650 Unemployment rate...........................| 8.5| 9.7| 9.3| 8.8| 9.0| 10.1| 10.9| 9.6| 9.6 | | | | | | | | | Women, 20 years and over | | | | | | | | | Civilian labor force............................| 7,111| 7,308| 7,331| 7,153| 7,343| 7,193| 7,287| 7,300| 7,373 Participation rate..........................| 61.0| 61.9| 62.1| 61.4| 62.4| 61.1| 61.8| 61.9| 62.4 Employed......................................| 6,567| 6,707| 6,751| 6,578| 6,678| 6,630| 6,674| 6,687| 6,758 Employment-population ratio.................| 56.3| 56.8| 57.2| 56.4| 56.8| 56.3| 56.6| 56.7| 57.2 Unemployed....................................| 544| 601| 580| 575| 665| 563| 613| 613| 615 Unemployment rate...........................| 7.7| 8.2| 7.9| 8.0| 9.1| 7.8| 8.4| 8.4| 8.3 | | | | | | | | | Both sexes, 16 to 19 years | | | | | | | | | Civilian labor force............................| 851| 877| 941| 898| 902| 860| 954| 976| 990 Participation rate..........................| 37.2| 37.6| 40.2| 39.3| 39.1| 37.2| 41.1| 41.9| 42.3 Employed......................................| 525| 594| 647| 582| 590| 583| 635| 657| 705 Employment-population ratio.................| 22.9| 25.5| 27.6| 25.4| 25.6| 25.2| 27.4| 28.2| 30.1 Unemployed....................................| 327| 283| 295| 316| 312| 276| 319| 319| 286 Unemployment rate...........................| 38.4| 32.3| 31.3| 35.2| 34.6| 32.1| 33.5| 32.7| 28.9 Men.......................................| 44.8| 35.0| 33.1| 37.9| 39.1| 30.6| 38.2| 34.1| 27.4 Women.....................................| 32.2| 29.5| 29.5| 32.5| 30.4| 33.6| 28.4| 31.3| 30.2 | | | | | | | | | HISPANIC ORIGIN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 18,554| 19,080| 19,131| 18,554| 18,929| 18,977| 19,025| 19,080| 19,131 Civilian labor force............................| 12,137| 12,417| 12,487| 12,165| 12,655| 12,666| 12,571| 12,511| 12,514 Participation rate..........................| 65.4| 65.1| 65.3| 65.6| 66.9| 66.7| 66.1| 65.6| 65.4 Employed......................................| 11,037| 11,260| 11,388| 11,008| 11,493| 11,432| 11,308| 11,294| 11,365 Employment-population ratio.................| 59.5| 59.0| 59.5| 59.3| 60.7| 60.2| 59.4| 59.2| 59.4 Unemployed....................................| 1,100| 1,158| 1,099| 1,157| 1,162| 1,234| 1,262| 1,217| 1,149 Unemployment rate...........................| 9.1| 9.3| 8.8| 9.5| 9.2| 9.7| 10.0| 9.7| 9.2 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. NOTE: Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races" group are not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-3. Selected employment indicators (In thousands) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted | | __________________________ _____________________________________________________ Category | | | | | | | | | | May | Apr. | May | May | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | CHARACTERISTIC | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total employed, 16 years and over.................|124,554 |125,388 |126,391 |124,598 |125,226 |125,663 |126,151 |126,095 |126,462 Married men, spouse present.....................| 42,125 | 42,152 | 42,618 | 41,900 | 42,171 | 42,339 | 42,178 | 42,067 | 42,406 Married women, spouse present...................| 32,214 | 32,123 | 32,491 | 32,029 | 32,078 | 32,101 | 32,053 | 31,868 | 32,330 Women who maintain families.....................| 7,218 | 7,426 | 7,372 | 7,161 | 7,294 | 7,295 | 7,397 | 7,389 | 7,314 | | | | | | | | | OCCUPATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Managerial and professional specialty...........| 35,273 | 36,094 | 36,339 | 35,205 | 35,682 | 35,866 | 36,149 | 36,115 | 36,257 Technical, sales, and administrative support....| 37,189 | 37,450 | 37,417 | 37,402 | 37,057 | 37,328 | 37,782 | 37,638 | 37,681 Service occupations.............................| 16,953 | 17,074 | 17,329 | 16,943 | 16,755 | 16,727 | 16,714 | 16,939 | 17,312 Precision production, craft, and repair.........| 13,465 | 13,364 | 13,372 | 13,512 | 13,615 | 13,786 | 13,618 | 13,595 | 13,439 Operators, fabricators, and laborers............| 17,899 | 17,975 | 18,181 | 18,008 | 18,257 | 18,147 | 18,058 | 18,124 | 18,282 Farming, forestry, and fishing..................| 3,775 | 3,431 | 3,752 | 3,571 | 3,760 | 3,744 | 3,622 | 3,545 | 3,560 | | | | | | | | | CLASS OF WORKER | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Agriculture: | | | | | | | | | Wage and salary workers.......................| 1,852 | 1,830 | 2,130 | 1,763 | 1,964 | 1,954 | 1,859 | 1,862 | 2,026 Self-employed workers.........................| 1,649 | 1,466 | 1,517 | 1,577 | 1,547 | 1,531 | 1,572 | 1,484 | 1,456 Unpaid family workers.........................| 57 | 48 | 51 | 51 | 48 | 34 | 41 | 52 | 46 Nonagricultural industries: | | | | | | | | | Wage and salary workers.......................|111,981 |112,936 |113,630 |112,324 |112,568 |113,165 |113,461 |113,527 |114,032 Government..................................| 18,751 | 18,564 | 18,567 | 18,442 | 18,044 | 18,259 | 18,005 | 18,290 | 18,256 Private industries..........................| 93,230 | 94,372 | 95,063 | 93,882 | 94,524 | 94,906 | 95,456 | 95,237 | 95,776 Private households........................| 890 | 827 | 873 | 932 | 931 | 873 | 901 | 844 | 918 Other industries..........................| 92,340 | 93,545 | 94,190 | 92,950 | 93,593 | 94,032 | 94,555 | 94,393 | 94,858 Self-employed workers.........................| 8,894 | 9,008 | 8,940 | 8,824 | 8,913 | 8,953 | 9,092 | 9,081 | 8,878 Unpaid family workers.........................| 121 | 101 | 123 | 122 | 85 | 116 | 102 | 101 | 124 | | | | | | | | | PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | All industries: | | | | | | | | | Part time for economic reasons................| 4,351 | 4,299 | 4,175 | 4,463 | 4,091 | 4,502 | 4,479 | 4,525 | 4,277 Slack work or business conditions...........| 2,399 | 2,501 | 2,150 | 2,482 | 2,250 | 2,533 | 2,548 | 2,594 | 2,216 Could only find part-time work..............| 1,689 | 1,522 | 1,705 | 1,707 | 1,509 | 1,621 | 1,596 | 1,571 | 1,719 Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 18,160 | 18,291 | 17,920 | 17,806 | 17,198 | 17,493 | 17,915 | 17,487 | 17,620 | | | | | | | | | Nonagricultural industries: | | | | | | | | | Part time for economic reasons................| 4,199 | 4,081 | 4,003 | 4,273 | 3,842 | 4,274 | 4,223 | 4,287 | 4,068 Slack work or business conditions...........| 2,298 | 2,362 | 2,057 | 2,345 | 2,114 | 2,382 | 2,386 | 2,476 | 2,092 Could only find part-time work..............| 1,659 | 1,491 | 1,658 | 1,671 | 1,472 | 1,607 | 1,561 | 1,534 | 1,663 Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 17,443 | 17,690 | 17,277 | 17,158 | 16,520 | 16,884 | 17,266 | 16,994 | 17,038 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ NOTE: Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week for reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial dispute. Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad weather. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-4. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Number of | | unemployed persons | Unemployment rates1/ | (in thousands) | Category | | __________________________ _____________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | May | Apr. | May | May | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | CHARACTERISTIC | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total, 16 years and over.........................| 7,460 | 7,266 | 7,448| 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.6 Men, 20 years and over.........................| 3,332 | 3,266 | 3,246| 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.8 Women, 20 years and over.......................| 2,784 | 2,704 | 2,901| 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 5.0 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................| 1,344 | 1,296 | 1,301| 17.3 | 18.2 | 16.6 | 17.5 | 16.7 | 16.4 | | | | | | | | | Married men, spouse present....................| 1,453 | 1,291 | 1,289| 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.9 Married women, spouse present..................| 1,307 | 1,231 | 1,281| 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.8 Women who maintain families....................| 637 | 541 | 695| 8.2 | 8.2 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 6.8 | 8.7 | | | | | | | | | Full-time workers..............................| 5,934 | 5,843 | 5,969| 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.5 Part-time workers..............................| 1,500 | 1,427 | 1,455| 6.1 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 5.9 | | | | | | | | | OCCUPATION2/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Managerial and professional specialty..........| 791 | 839 | 867| 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 Technical, sales, and administrative support...| 1,784 | 1,752 | 1,838| 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........| 882 | 797 | 748| 6.1 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.3 Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........| 1,685 | 1,585 | 1,663| 8.6 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 8.0 | 8.3 Farming, forestry, and fishing.................| 334 | 308 | 356| 8.6 | 8.4 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 9.1 | | | | | | | | | INDUSTRY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers| 5,930 | 5,716 | 5,820| 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.7 Goods-producing industries...................| 1,917 | 1,706 | 1,725| 6.9 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 6.2 Mining.....................................| 31 | 25 | 11| 4.7 | 5.2 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 4.4 | 2.1 Construction...............................| 781 | 683 | 656| 12.2 | 10.7 | 11.2 | 10.0 | 10.2 | 10.0 Manufacturing..............................| 1,105 | 998 | 1,058| 5.3 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 5.1 Durable goods............................| 596 | 589 | 590| 4.9 | 4.4 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 4.8 Nondurable goods.........................| 509 | 409 | 468| 5.8 | 5.7 | 4.4 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 5.5 Service-producing industries.................| 4,013 | 4,010 | 4,095| 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.6 Transportation and public utilities........| 293 | 300 | 302| 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 Wholesale and retail trade.................| 1,697 | 1,733 | 1,745| 6.6 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 6.6 Finance, insurance, and real estate........| 266 | 172 | 185| 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.5 Services...................................| 1,757 | 1,805 | 1,862| 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.7 Government workers.............................| 547 | 547 | 617| 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.3 Agricultural wage and salary workers...........| 235 | 227 | 225| 11.8 | 10.5 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 10.9 | 10.0 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force. 2/ Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not available because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-5. Duration of unemployment (Numbers in thousands) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted | | __________________________ _____________________________________________________ Duration | | | | | | | | | | May | Apr. | May | May | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Less than 5 weeks................................| 2,604 | 2,221 | 2,767 | 2,639 | 2,784 | 2,793 | 2,623 | 2,412 | 2,815 5 to 14 weeks....................................| 1,924 | 2,133 | 1,932 | 2,321 | 2,413 | 2,280 | 2,298 | 2,337 | 2,334 15 weeks and over................................| 2,657 | 2,770 | 2,467 | 2,526 | 2,370 | 2,307 | 2,479 | 2,388 | 2,336 15 to 26 weeks................................| 1,334 | 1,343 | 1,119 | 1,231 | 1,118 | 1,126 | 1,164 | 1,106 | 1,020 27 weeks and over.............................| 1,323 | 1,427 | 1,348 | 1,295 | 1,252 | 1,181 | 1,316 | 1,282 | 1,317 | | | | | | | | | Average (mean) duration, in weeks................| 17.5 | 18.9 | 17.5 | 16.8 | 16.0 | 16.6 | 17.3 | 17.4 | 16.8 Median duration, in weeks........................| 9.0 | 10.6 | 8.5 | 8.9 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 8.8 | 8.3 | | | | | | | | | PERCENT DISTRIBUTION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total unemployed.................................| 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 Less than 5 weeks..............................| 36.2 | 31.2 | 38.6 | 35.3 | 36.8 | 37.8 | 35.4 | 33.8 | 37.6 5 to 14 weeks..................................| 26.8 | 29.9 | 27.0 | 31.0 | 31.9 | 30.9 | 31.1 | 32.7 | 31.2 15 weeks and over..............................| 37.0 | 38.9 | 34.4 | 33.7 | 31.3 | 31.3 | 33.5 | 33.5 | 31.2 15 to 26 weeks...............................| 18.6 | 18.8 | 15.6 | 16.4 | 14.8 | 15.3 | 15.7 | 15.5 | 13.6 27 weeks and over............................| 18.4 | 20.0 | 18.8 | 17.3 | 16.5 | 16.0 | 17.8 | 18.0 | 17.6 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-6. Reason for unemployment (Numbers in thousands) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | |Not seasonally adjusted| Seasonally adjusted | | _______________________ _______________________________________________ Reason | | | | | | | | | | May | Apr. | May | May | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs........| 3,275| 3,610| 3,164| 3,517| 3,606| 3,595| 3,564| 3,625| 3,388 On temporary layoff......................................| 779| 1,094| 868| 1,021| 1,132| 1,032| 1,027| 1,116| 1,154 Not on temporary layoff..................................| 2,496| 2,517| 2,297| 2,496| 2,474| 2,564| 2,537| 2,509| 2,234 Permanent job losers...................................| 1,819| 1,828| 1,627| (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) Persons who completed temporary jobs...................| 677| 689| 670| (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) Job leavers................................................| 800| 694| 621| 851| 869| 747| 782| 702| 661 Reentrants.................................................| 2,544| 2,291| 2,834| 2,500| 2,458| 2,517| 2,588| 2,379| 2,784 New entrants...............................................| 567| 530| 547| 547| 641| 613| 591| 550| 532 | | | | | | | | | PERCENT DISTRIBUTION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total unemployed...........................................| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.......| 45.6| 50.7| 44.2| 47.4| 47.6| 48.1| 47.4| 50.0| 46.0 On temporary layoff.....................................| 10.8| 15.4| 12.1| 13.8| 14.9| 13.8| 13.6| 15.4| 15.7 Not on temporary layoff.................................| 34.7| 35.3| 32.0| 33.7| 32.7| 34.3| 33.7| 34.6| 30.3 Job leavers...............................................| 11.1| 9.7| 8.7| 11.5| 11.5| 10.0| 10.4| 9.7| 9.0 Reentrants................................................| 35.4| 32.2| 39.5| 33.7| 32.5| 33.7| 34.4| 32.8| 37.8 New entrants..............................................| 7.9| 7.4| 7.6| 7.4| 8.5| 8.2| 7.9| 7.6| 7.2 | | | | | | | | | UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE | | | | | | | | | CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.......| 2.5| 2.7| 2.4| 2.7| 2.7| 2.7| 2.7| 2.7| 2.5 Job leavers...............................................| .6| .5| .5| .6| .7| .6| .6| .5| .5 Reentrants................................................| 1.9| 1.7| 2.1| 1.9| 1.8| 1.9| 1.9| 1.8| 2.1 New entrants..............................................| .4| .4| .4| .4| .5| .5| .4| .4| .4 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Not available. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-7. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization (Percent) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Not seasonally | Seasonally adjusted Measure | adjusted | ____________________ _________________________________________ | May | Apr. | May | May | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | | | | | | | | | __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, | | | | | | | | | as a percent of the civilian labor force.............................| 2.0 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.7 | | | | | | | | | U-2 Job losers and persons who completed | | | | | | | | | temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian | | | | | | | | | labor force..........................................................| 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.5 | | | | | | | | | U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the | | | | | | | | | civilian labor force (official unemployment rate)....................| 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.6 | | | | | | | | | U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged | | | | | | | | | workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force | | | | | | | | | plus discouraged workers.............................................| 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.6 | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | | | | | | | | | U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, | | | | | | | | | plus all other marginally attached workers, as a percent | | | | | | | | | of the civilian labor force plus all marginally | | | | | | | | | attached workers.....................................................| 6.5 | 6.4 | 6.4 | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | | | | | | | | | U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached | | | | | | | | | workers, plus total employed part time for economic | | | | | | | | | reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force | | | | | | | | | plus all marginally attached workers.................................| 9.8 | 9.7 | 9.5 | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | | | | | | | | | __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Not available. NOTE: This range of alternative measures of labor underutilization replaces the U1-U7 range published in table A-7 of this release prior to 1994. Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for a job. Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to settle for a part-time schedule. For further information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment measures," in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor Review. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-8. Unemployed persons by age and sex, seasonally adjusted ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Number of | | unemployed persons | Unemployment rates1/ | (in thousands) | Age and sex | | __________________________ _____________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | May | Apr. | May | May | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | Total, 16 years and over..........................| 7,460 | 7,266 | 7,448 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.6 16 to 24 years..................................| 2,540 | 2,517 | 2,608 | 11.8 | 13.0 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 11.8 | 12.2 16 to 19 years................................| 1,344 | 1,296 | 1,301 | 17.3 | 18.2 | 16.6 | 17.5 | 16.7 | 16.4 16 to 17 years..............................| 665 | 613 | 639 | 20.8 | 20.5 | 20.0 | 19.4 | 18.7 | 19.4 18 to 19 years..............................| 672 | 689 | 658 | 14.9 | 16.9 | 14.3 | 16.1 | 15.3 | 14.2 20 to 24 years................................| 1,196 | 1,221 | 1,306 | 8.7 | 10.0 | 9.9 | 9.5 | 9.0 | 9.7 25 years and over...............................| 4,913 | 4,735 | 4,822 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.3 25 to 54 years................................| 4,333 | 4,174 | 4,266 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.4 55 years and over.............................| 591 | 518 | 570 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.6 | | | | | | | | | Men, 16 years and over..........................| 4,066 | 4,002 | 3,964 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 5.5 16 to 24 years................................| 1,401 | 1,441 | 1,468 | 12.3 | 12.9 | 13.1 | 13.4 | 12.8 | 12.9 16 to 19 years..............................| 734 | 736 | 717 | 18.2 | 19.2 | 17.0 | 19.4 | 17.9 | 17.2 16 to 17 years............................| 359 | 358 | 339 | 22.0 | 22.3 | 21.7 | 21.4 | 21.2 | 20.0 18 to 19 years............................| 373 | 389 | 379 | 15.8 | 17.4 | 13.9 | 18.0 | 16.1 | 15.4 20 to 24 years..............................| 667 | 706 | 750 | 9.0 | 9.3 | 10.9 | 10.0 | 9.9 | 10.4 25 years and over.............................| 2,674 | 2,562 | 2,496 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.1 25 to 54 years..............................| 2,334 | 2,299 | 2,201 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.2 55 years and over...........................| 338 | 267 | 298 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.3 | | | | | | | | | Women, 16 years and over........................| 3,394 | 3,264 | 3,485 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.7 16 to 24 years................................| 1,139 | 1,076 | 1,140 | 11.3 | 13.1 | 11.5 | 11.4 | 10.7 | 11.4 16 to 19 years..............................| 610 | 561 | 584 | 16.4 | 17.1 | 16.1 | 15.4 | 15.3 | 15.6 16 to 17 years............................| 306 | 255 | 300 | 19.6 | 18.7 | 18.1 | 17.3 | 16.1 | 18.8 18 to 19 years............................| 299 | 300 | 279 | 13.8 | 16.2 | 14.7 | 14.0 | 14.4 | 12.9 20 to 24 years..............................| 529 | 515 | 556 | 8.4 | 10.8 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 8.1 | 8.8 25 years and over.............................| 2,239 | 2,172 | 2,326 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.5 25 to 54 years..............................| 1,999 | 1,875 | 2,065 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.6 55 years and over...........................| 253 | 251 | 272 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.9 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-9. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted (In thousands) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Category | Total | Men | Women ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ | May | May | May | May | May | May | 1995 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total not in the labor force..........................................| 66,547 | 66,721 | 23,836 | 23,923 | 42,711 | 42,797 Persons who currently want a job.....................................| 6,533 | 6,215 | 2,658 | 2,608 | 3,875 | 3,607 Searched for work and available to work now1/.......................| 1,504 | 1,475 | 730 | 694 | 773 | 780 Reason not currently looking: | | | | | | Discouragement over job prospects2/..............................| 398 | 352 | 233 | 221 | 165 | 131 Reasons other than discouragement3/..............................| 1,106 | 1,123 | 497 | 474 | 608 | 649 | | | | | | MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS | | | | | | | | | | | | Total multiple jobholders4/...........................................| 7,952 | 7,846 | 4,225 | 4,352 | 3,727 | 3,494 Percent of total employed.........................................| 6.4 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 6.0 | | | | | | Primary job full time, secondary job part time.......................| 4,624 | 4,455 | 2,747 | 2,743 | 1,877 | 1,711 Primary and secondary jobs both part time............................| 1,750 | 1,709 | 525 | 558 | 1,225 | 1,151 Primary and secondary jobs both full time............................| 245 | 245 | 178 | 158 | 67 | 87 Hours vary on primary or secondary job...............................| 1,315 | 1,408 | 763 | 884 | 552 | 524 | | | | | | __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the reference week. 2/ Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of discrimination. 3/ Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as child-care and transportation problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined. 4/ Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry (In thousands) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted | | _______________________________ _______________________________________________ Industry | | | | | | | | | | | May | Mar. | Apr. | May | May | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | 1995 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ | | | | | | | | | | ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | Total..............................|117,423|117,895|118,741|119,804|116,907|118,070|118,579|118,737|118,900|119,248 | | | | | | | | | | Total private.........................| 97,754| 98,086| 98,952| 99,958| 97,618| 98,734| 99,214| 99,343| 99,501| 99,806 | | | | | | | | | | Goods_producing...............................| 24,230| 23,695| 23,961| 24,253| 24,217| 24,112| 24,254| 24,196| 24,203| 24,238 | | | | | | | | | | Mining......................................| 581| 563| 567| 571| 582| 569| 573| 574| 574| 575 Metal mining..............................| 50.5| 50.2| 50.5| 51.6| 51| 51| 51| 51| 51| 52 Coal mining...............................| 105.4| 100.8| 100.4| 100.4| 106| 101| 102| 101| 101| 101 Oil and gas extraction....................| 317.5| 308.2| 308.6| 309.5| 320| 310| 313| 314| 315| 315 Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels........| 108.0| 103.4| 107.2| 109.8| 105| 107| 107| 108| 107| 107 | | | | | | | | | | Construction................................| 5,166| 4,944| 5,197| 5,431| 5,116| 5,234| 5,349| 5,340| 5,351| 5,379 General building contractors..............|1,191.2|1,153.3|1,187.7|1,220.0| 1,195| 1,205| 1,218| 1,223| 1,227| 1,224 Heavy construction, except building.......| 772.1| 676.4| 739.7| 789.6| 742| 741| 764| 769| 762| 759 Special trade contractors.................|3,202.2|3,114.4|3,270.0|3,421.1| 3,179| 3,288| 3,367| 3,348| 3,362| 3,396 | | | | | | | | | | Manufacturing...............................| 18,483| 18,188| 18,197| 18,251| 18,519| 18,309| 18,332| 18,282| 18,278| 18,284 Production workers......................| 12,806| 12,551| 12,565| 12,602| 12,831| 12,656| 12,671| 12,617| 12,622| 12,620 | | | | | | | | | | Durable goods..............................| 10,674| 10,597| 10,636| 10,673| 10,668| 10,643| 10,659| 10,623| 10,652| 10,669 Production workers......................| 7,325| 7,248| 7,289| 7,318| 7,313| 7,288| 7,298| 7,262| 7,291| 7,299 Lumber and wood products..................| 759.6| 741.8| 748.7| 756.2| 765| 750| 756| 755| 761| 761 Furniture and fixtures....................| 509.1| 499.7| 497.2| 499.0| 510| 503| 502| 500| 498| 499 Stone, clay, and glass products...........| 544.4| 523.1| 533.5| 543.2| 539| 532| 536| 536| 534| 537 Primary metal industries..................| 713.1| 705.8| 703.2| 705.2| 714| 709| 708| 706| 704| 705 Blast furnaces and basic steel products.| 241.1| 238.0| 236.7| 238.2| 242| 240| 240| 239| 238| 239 Fabricated metal products.................|1,441.3|1,440.5|1,437.4|1,444.3| 1,441| 1,442| 1,443| 1,442| 1,440| 1,443 Industrial machinery and equipment........|2,057.3|2,091.4|2,086.3|2,086.4| 2,052| 2,085| 2,083| 2,087| 2,084| 2,082 Computer and office equipment...........| 347.1| 356.5| 355.1| 354.1| 347| 357| 357| 358| 356| 355 Electronic and other electrical equipment.|1,618.1|1,647.8|1,645.9|1,646.0| 1,621| 1,646| 1,652| 1,651| 1,650| 1,649 Electronic components and accessories...| 573.3| 612.8| 612.6| 610.8| 575| 609| 614| 614| 615| 613 Transportation equipment..................|1,806.1|1,728.9|1,768.4|1,774.3| 1,799| 1,757| 1,759| 1,726| 1,763| 1,774 Motor vehicles and equipment............| 978.1| 924.8| 962.2| 969.7| 971| 956| 957| 924| 959| 969 Aircraft and parts......................| 457.5| 446.0| 447.9| 448.5| 458| 446| 446| 445| 447| 448 Instruments and related products..........| 836.7| 831.6| 831.1| 833.6| 838| 831| 831| 832| 832| 834 Miscellaneous manufacturing...............| 388.4| 386.2| 384.7| 384.8| 389| 388| 389| 388| 386| 385 | | | | | | | | | | Nondurable goods...........................| 7,809| 7,591| 7,561| 7,578| 7,851| 7,666| 7,673| 7,659| 7,626| 7,615 Production workers......................| 5,481| 5,303| 5,276| 5,284| 5,518| 5,368| 5,373| 5,355| 5,331| 5,321 Food and kindred products.................|1,642.7|1,625.9|1,612.2|1,624.7| 1,682| 1,672| 1,675| 1,675| 1,665| 1,661 Tobacco products..........................| 38.3| 39.7| 38.9| 36.9| 42| 41| 41| 41| 41| 40 Textile mill products.....................| 674.4| 640.1| 636.6| 639.9| 673| 640| 644| 642| 635| 637 Apparel and other textile products........| 949.9| 859.6| 856.9| 857.1| 946| 868| 873| 863| 858| 853 Paper and allied products.................| 691.3| 676.2| 672.6| 674.2| 694| 684| 682| 681| 677| 677 Printing and publishing...................|1,541.9|1,530.6|1,525.4|1,522.5| 1,543| 1,533| 1,531| 1,531| 1,527| 1,524 Chemicals and allied products.............|1,035.1|1,024.0|1,021.1|1,021.3| 1,037| 1,026| 1,025| 1,027| 1,024| 1,026 Petroleum and coal products...............| 146.9| 136.7| 137.8| 139.7| 146| 140| 140| 140| 139| 139 Rubber and misc. plastics products........| 981.6| 960.7| 961.8| 964.6| 981| 964| 963| 960| 962| 961 Leather and leather products..............| 106.9| 97.9| 97.2| 96.7| 107| 98| 99| 99| 98| 97 | | | | | | | | | | Service_producing.............................| 93,193| 94,200| 94,780| 95,551| 92,690| 93,958| 94,325| 94,541| 94,697| 95,010 | | | | | | | | | | Transportation and public utilities.........| 6,140| 6,233| 6,251| 6,309| 6,139| 6,254| 6,270| 6,289| 6,288| 6,305 Transportation............................| 3,905| 3,965| 3,981| 4,038| 3,900| 3,980| 3,994| 4,008| 4,008| 4,026 Railroad transportation.................| 241.2| 230.9| 231.4| 233.4| 240| 235| 234| 233| 231| 231 Local and interurban passenger transit..| 432.8| 455.3| 452.4| 463.8| 418| 436| 439| 441| 439| 448 Trucking and warehousing................|1,849.3|1,835.9|1,844.2|1,870.9| 1,863| 1,874| 1,879| 1,883| 1,879| 1,887 Water transportation....................| 177.9| 165.8| 171.5| 174.7| 176| 172| 171| 171| 174| 168 Transportation by air...................| 777.4| 830.6| 833.3| 842.1| 778| 822| 827| 834| 837| 840 Pipelines, except natural gas...........| 15.0| 14.0| 13.9| 14.0| 15| 14| 14| 14| 14| 14 Transportation services.................| 411.3| 432.3| 434.4| 439.2| 410| 427| 430| 432| 434| 438 Communications and public utilities.......| 2,235| 2,268| 2,270| 2,271| 2,239| 2,274| 2,276| 2,281| 2,280| 2,279 Communications..........................|1,321.0|1,371.8|1,373.8|1,374.9| 1,323| 1,367| 1,371| 1,378| 1,378| 1,381 Electric, gas, and sanitary services....| 914.2| 896.5| 896.4| 896.4| 916| 907| 905| 903| 902| 898 | | | | | | | | | | Wholesale trade.............................| 6,393| 6,504| 6,532| 6,568| 6,389| 6,512| 6,529| 6,548| 6,552| 6,558 Durable goods.............................| 3,724| 3,826| 3,839| 3,853| 3,718| 3,814| 3,826| 3,841| 3,845| 3,847 Nondurable goods..........................| 2,669| 2,678| 2,693| 2,715| 2,671| 2,698| 2,703| 2,707| 2,707| 2,711 | | | | | | | | | | _______________________________________________________________________________ See footnotes at end of table. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry (In thousands) -Continued ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted | | _______________________________ _______________________________________________ Industry | | | | | | | | | | | May | Mar. | Apr. | May | May | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | 1995 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ | | | | | | | | | | ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Retail trade................................| 21,131| 20,912| 21,168| 21,495| 21,119| 21,268| 21,340| 21,343| 21,418| 21,464 Building materials and garden supplies....| 900.5| 856.0| 901.7| 938.7| 869| 882| 880| 887| 896| 904 General merchandise stores................|2,585.1|2,579.0|2,574.7|2,610.0| 2,678| 2,651| 2,674| 2,681| 2,679| 2,711 Department stores.......................|2,260.9|2,272.4|2,264.6|2,299.6| 2,346| 2,330| 2,354| 2,362| 2,359| 2,393 Food stores...............................|3,341.0|3,356.7|3,364.4|3,401.5| 3,355| 3,399| 3,401| 3,402| 3,400| 3,410 Automotive dealers and service stations...|2,188.5|2,222.4|2,243.7|2,262.7| 2,183| 2,227| 2,234| 2,242| 2,252| 2,255 New and used car dealers................| 991.4|1,016.6|1,022.3|1,028.4| 993| 1,011| 1,015| 1,020| 1,025| 1,028 Apparel and accessory stores..............|1,104.3|1,068.8|1,070.5|1,071.5| 1,128| 1,100| 1,099| 1,100| 1,098| 1,093 Furniture and home furnishings stores.....| 931.5| 944.5| 951.3| 955.4| 942| 949| 949| 951| 959| 964 Eating and drinking places................|7,456.8|7,272.8|7,446.7|7,609.8| 7,312| 7,405| 7,440| 7,413| 7,466| 7,457 Miscellaneous retail establishments.......|2,623.2|2,611.6|2,614.9|2,645.4| 2,652| 2,655| 2,663| 2,667| 2,668| 2,670 | | | | | | | | | | Finance, insurance, and real estate.........| 6,803| 6,893| 6,912| 6,955| 6,807| 6,894| 6,919| 6,932| 6,940| 6,960 Finance...................................| 3,221| 3,287| 3,292| 3,307| 3,228| 3,277| 3,288| 3,293| 3,300| 3,314 Depository institutions.................|2,022.0|2,013.4|2,013.2|2,021.3| 2,028| 2,022| 2,023| 2,020| 2,021| 2,026 Commercial banks......................|1,463.8|1,458.4|1,457.6|1,462.9| 1,468| 1,467| 1,467| 1,464| 1,465| 1,467 Savings institutions..................| 275.8| 265.2| 265.5| 266.6| 276| 266| 266| 266| 266| 267 Nondepository institutions..............| 452.9| 502.4| 504.7| 507.2| 453| 490| 496| 501| 504| 507 Mortgage bankers and brokers..........| 199.8| 226.3| 227.9| 229.6| (1)| (1)| (1)| (1)| (1)| (1) Security and commodity brokers..........| 519.6| 530.4| 532.5| 535.5| 521| 529| 531| 532| 534| 538 Holding and other investment offices....| 226.4| 240.5| 241.5| 242.9| 226| 236| 238| 240| 241| 243 Insurance.................................| 2,232| 2,257| 2,254| 2,258| 2,233| 2,253| 2,255| 2,258| 2,257| 2,260 Insurance carriers......................|1,537.6|1,549.0|1,546.9|1,549.0| 1,538| 1,547| 1,547| 1,549| 1,549| 1,551 Insurance agents, brokers, and service..| 694.8| 708.0| 707.4| 708.5| 695| 706| 708| 709| 708| 709 Real estate...............................| 1,350| 1,349| 1,366| 1,390| 1,346| 1,364| 1,376| 1,381| 1,383| 1,386 | | | | | | | | | | Services2/..................................| 33,057| 33,849| 34,128| 34,378| 32,947| 33,694| 33,902| 34,035| 34,100| 34,281 Agricultural services.....................| 619.7| 540.2| 610.0| 658.6| 571| 593| 602| 603| 603| 605 Hotels and other lodging places...........| 1,669| 1,598| 1,624| 1,689| 1,658| 1,652| 1,657| 1,662| 1,672| 1,676 Personal services.........................| 1,145| 1,238| 1,238| 1,161| 1,166| 1,170| 1,174| 1,174| 1,179| 1,178 Business services.........................| 6,700| 6,944| 6,989| 7,090| 6,728| 6,942| 7,026| 7,058| 7,075| 7,142 Services to buildings...................| 880| 892| 895| 904| 878| 883| 899| 899| 899| 904 Personnel supply services...............| 2,426| 2,481| 2,505| 2,571| 2,444| 2,510| 2,552| 2,565| 2,564| 2,611 Help supply services..................| 2,145| 2,188| 2,214| 2,278| 2,161| 2,216| 2,254| 2,265| 2,269| 2,317 Computer and data processing services...| 1,066| 1,159| 1,169| 1,179| 1,070| 1,140| 1,148| 1,155| 1,168| 1,183 Auto repair, services, and parking........| 1,013| 1,065| 1,072| 1,081| 1,011| 1,051| 1,059| 1,066| 1,071| 1,078 Miscellaneous repair services.............| 355| 359| 362| 367| 356| 358| 359| 361| 363| 365 Motion pictures...........................| 485| 525| 520| 524| 486| 513| 515| 520| 515| 522 Amusement and recreation services.........| 1,494| 1,396| 1,497| 1,586| 1,426| 1,490| 1,505| 1,519| 1,516| 1,515 Health services...........................| 9,194| 9,485| 9,502| 9,538| 9,208| 9,427| 9,463| 9,499| 9,522| 9,561 Offices and clinics of medical doctors..| 1,595| 1,646| 1,655| 1,665| 1,597| 1,638| 1,644| 1,650| 1,660| 1,670 Nursing and personal care facilities....| 1,678| 1,724| 1,726| 1,733| 1,685| 1,718| 1,722| 1,728| 1,732| 1,740 Hospitals...............................| 3,767| 3,838| 3,837| 3,847| 3,774| 3,822| 3,833| 3,842| 3,844| 3,855 Home health care services...............| 619| 652| 655| 658| 616| 648| 653| 655| 659| 658 Legal services............................| 916| 924| 922| 923| 922| 925| 927| 927| 926| 928 Educational services......................| 1,993| 2,116| 2,119| 2,050| 1,956| 1,969| 1,985| 1,991| 1,995| 2,012 Social services...........................| 2,351| 2,390| 2,396| 2,411| 2,330| 2,362| 2,372| 2,377| 2,384| 2,390 Child day care services.................| 584| 584| 584| 589| 565| 567| 568| 569| 568| 570 Residential care........................| 638| 655| 659| 661| 639| 651| 654| 656| 661| 661 Museums and botanical and zoological | | | | | | | | | | gardens.................................| 83| 78| 82| 87| 80| 83| 83| 83| 84| 85 Membership organizations..................| 2,130| 2,122| 2,125| 2,141| 2,133| 2,135| 2,137| 2,136| 2,137| 2,144 Engineering and management services.......| 2,718| 2,878| 2,878| 2,879| 2,725| 2,833| 2,847| 2,867| 2,865| 2,887 Engineering and architectural services..| 810| 820| 828| 840| 811| 825| 827| 829| 834| 839 Management and public relations.........| 801| 891| 893| 901| 799| 873| 881| 894| 894| 901 Services, nec.............................| 43.7| 44.7| 45.4| 45.6| (3)| (3)| (3)| (3)| (3)| (3) | | | | | | | | | | Government..................................| 19,669| 19,809| 19,789| 19,846| 19,289| 19,336| 19,365| 19,394| 19,399| 19,442 Federal...................................| 2,831| 2,770| 2,767| 2,771| 2,831| 2,783| 2,780| 2,780| 2,776| 2,774 Federal, except Postal Service..........|1,995.7|1,915.2|1,914.0|1,920.5| 1,990| 1,930| 1,926| 1,922| 1,919| 1,918 State.....................................| 4,705| 4,773| 4,774| 4,710| 4,644| 4,625| 4,636| 4,640| 4,646| 4,653 Education...............................|1,989.3|2,098.8|2,098.1|2,024.2| 1,927| 1,933| 1,945| 1,952| 1,958| 1,965 Other State government..................|2,715.9|2,674.4|2,676.3|2,685.8| 2,717| 2,692| 2,691| 2,688| 2,688| 2,688 Local.....................................| 12,133| 12,266| 12,248| 12,365| 11,814| 11,928| 11,949| 11,974| 11,977| 12,015 Education...............................|6,935.5|7,058.6|7,035.7|7,081.9| 6,581| 6,646| 6,659| 6,675| 6,683| 6,689 Other local government..................|5,197.3|5,207.8|5,212.2|5,282.8| 5,233| 5,282| 5,290| 5,299| 5,294| 5,326 | | | | | | | | | | ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ This series is not suitable for seasonal adjustment because it has very little seasonal and irregular movement. Thus, the not seasonally adjusted series can be used for analysis of cyclical and long-term trends. 2/ Includes other industries, not shown separately. 3/ This series is not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision. p = preliminary. NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 1995 benchmarks, new seasonal adjustment procedures, and updated seasonal adjustment factors. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers 1/ on private nonfarm payrolls by industry ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted | | _______________________________ _______________________________________________ Industry | | | | | | | | | | | May | Mar. | Apr. | May | May | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | 1995 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ | | | | | | | | | | ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | Total private...........................| 34.2 | 34.2 | 34.2 | 34.3 | 34.2 | 33.8 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 34.3 | 34.3 | | | | | | | | | | Goods_producing...............................| 40.8 | 40.6 | 40.7 | 41.0 | 40.7 | 39.7 | 41.1 | 40.8 | 41.0 | 40.9 | | | | | | | | | | Mining......................................| 44.2 | 45.0 | 44.9 | 45.5 | 44.4 | 44.1 | 45.3 | 45.7 | 45.0 | 45.5 | | | | | | | | | | Construction................................| 38.5 | 38.1 | 38.6 | 38.8 | 37.7 | 38.2 | 39.7 | 38.7 | 38.9 | 38.1 | | | | | | | | | | Manufacturing...............................| 41.4 | 41.3 | 41.2 | 41.6 | 41.5 | 40.0 | 41.4 | 41.4 | 41.5 | 41.7 Overtime hours.........................| 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.6 | | | | | | | | | | Durable goods.............................| 42.2 | 42.0 | 42.0 | 42.5 | 42.2 | 40.9 | 42.2 | 42.0 | 42.4 | 42.6 Overtime hours.........................| 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 5.1 | | | | | | | | | | Lumber and wood products.................| 40.6 | 40.4 | 40.7 | 41.1 | 40.4 | 39.1 | 40.6 | 40.6 | 40.7 | 40.9 Furniture and fixtures...................| 38.7 | 39.0 | 38.7 | 39.1 | 39.3 | 35.7 | 39.1 | 39.4 | 39.2 | 39.7 Stone, clay, and glass products..........| 43.1 | 42.7 | 43.2 | 43.7 | 42.6 | 42.1 | 43.5 | 43.2 | 43.4 | 43.3 Primary metal industries.................| 43.9 | 43.8 | 43.6 | 44.1 | 43.9 | 43.2 | 44.1 | 43.9 | 43.9 | 44.3 Blast furnaces and basic steel products| 44.0 | 44.3 | 43.9 | 44.3 | 44.2 | 44.3 | 44.9 | 44.5 | 44.0 | 44.4 Fabricated metal products................| 42.1 | 41.9 | 41.8 | 42.3 | 42.1 | 41.0 | 42.0 | 42.0 | 42.3 | 42.6 Industrial machinery and equipment.......| 43.4 | 43.3 | 42.7 | 43.0 | 43.4 | 42.1 | 43.0 | 43.0 | 43.1 | 43.2 Electronic and other electrical equipment| 41.3 | 41.4 | 40.7 | 41.4 | 41.5 | 40.3 | 41.6 | 41.4 | 41.1 | 41.6 Transportation equipment.................| 43.8 | 42.3 | 44.1 | 44.4 | 43.4 | 42.4 | 43.1 | 42.2 | 44.6 | 44.4 Motor vehicles and equipment...........| 45.0 | 42.3 | 45.5 | 45.8 | 44.5 | 43.3 | 43.7 | 42.1 | 46.2 | 46.4 Instruments and related products.........| 41.2 | 41.9 | 41.4 | 41.7 | 41.3 | 40.2 | 41.8 | 41.7 | 41.5 | 41.8 Miscellaneous manufacturing..............| 39.7 | 39.8 | 39.4 | 39.6 | 39.8 | 37.7 | 39.5 | 39.7 | 39.6 | 39.9 | | | | | | | | | | Nondurable goods..........................| 40.3 | 40.3 | 40.0 | 40.4 | 40.5 | 38.7 | 40.5 | 40.5 | 40.4 | 40.5 Overtime hours.........................| 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.0 | | | | | | | | | | Food and kindred products................| 40.8 | 40.5 | 40.2 | 40.6 | 41.2 | 39.9 | 41.2 | 41.2 | 41.0 | 41.0 Tobacco products.........................| 40.0 | 39.5 | 39.4 | 39.7 | 40.1 | 36.4 | 39.8 | 40.5 | 40.4 | 39.2 Textile mill products....................| 40.5 | 40.7 | 40.1 | 40.8 | 40.5 | 36.1 | 40.5 | 40.8 | 40.3 | 40.8 Apparel and other textile products.......| 37.0 | 37.0 | 36.5 | 37.4 | 36.9 | 33.5 | 36.8 | 36.9 | 36.6 | 37.3 Paper and allied products................| 42.8 | 42.8 | 42.8 | 43.1 | 43.0 | 41.5 | 43.1 | 43.1 | 43.3 | 43.5 Printing and publishing..................| 38.0 | 38.2 | 37.9 | 37.9 | 38.3 | 37.2 | 38.2 | 38.2 | 38.1 | 38.2 Chemicals and allied products............| 43.1 | 43.1 | 42.8 | 42.9 | 43.2 | 42.5 | 43.2 | 43.1 | 42.9 | 43.1 Petroleum and coal products..............| 43.2 | 43.0 | 43.5 | 43.3 | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) Rubber and misc. plastics products.......| 41.6 | 41.3 | 41.1 | 41.5 | 41.5 | 40.3 | 41.3 | 41.3 | 41.5 | 41.3 Leather and leather products.............| 38.5 | 37.7 | 37.3 | 37.9 | 38.3 | 34.8 | 37.6 | 37.8 | 37.4 | 38.0 | | | | | | | | | | Service_producing.............................| 32.4 | 32.5 | 32.4 | 32.6 | 32.4 | 32.2 | 32.7 | 32.7 | 32.5 | 32.5 | | | | | | | | | | Transportation and public utilities.........| 39.2 | 39.5 | 39.3 | 39.4 | 39.1 | 38.8 | 39.8 | 39.9 | 39.5 | 39.3 | | | | | | | | | | Wholesale trade.............................| 38.1 | 38.1 | 38.1 | 38.2 | 37.9 | 37.8 | 38.3 | 38.3 | 38.1 | 38.1 | | | | | | | | | | Retail trade................................| 28.7 | 28.5 | 28.4 | 28.7 | 28.7 | 28.3 | 28.8 | 28.9 | 28.6 | 28.8 | | | | | | | | | | Finance, insurance, and real estate.........| 35.4 | 35.7 | 35.6 | 35.6 | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | | | | | | | | | | Services....................................| 32.1 | 32.2 | 32.2 | 32.3 | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | | | | | | | | | | ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Data relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing; construction workers in construction; and nonsupervisory workers in transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employees on private nonfarm payrolls. 2/ These series are not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision. p = preliminary. NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 1995 benchmarks, new seasonal adjustment procedures, and updated seasonal adjustment factors. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers 1/ on private nonfarm payrolls by industry ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Average hourly earnings | Average weekly earnings | | _______________________________ _______________________________ Industry | | | | | | | | | May | Mar. | Apr. | May | May | Mar. | Apr. | May | 1995 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ | | | | | | | | ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | Total private...........................|$11.36 |$11.69 |$11.75 |$11.74 |$388.51|$399.80|$401.85|$402.68 Seasonally adjusted....................| 11.36 | 11.68 | 11.72 | 11.75 | 388.51| 402.96| 402.00| 403.03 | | | | | | | | Goods_producing...............................| 12.97 | 13.17 | 13.36 | 13.38 | 529.18| 534.70| 543.75| 548.58 | | | | | | | | Mining......................................| 15.19 | 15.51 | 15.58 | 15.51 | 671.40| 697.95| 699.54| 705.71 | | | | | | | | Construction................................| 15.00 | 15.13 | 15.19 | 15.28 | 577.50| 576.45| 586.33| 592.86 | | | | | | | | Manufacturing...............................| 12.30 | 12.54 | 12.73 | 12.71 | 509.22| 517.90| 524.48| 528.74 | | | | | | | | Durable goods.............................| 12.87 | 13.04 | 13.28 | 13.26 | 543.11| 547.68| 557.76| 563.55 Lumber and wood products.................| 10.01 | 10.29 | 10.34 | 10.37 | 406.41| 415.72| 420.84| 426.21 Furniture and fixtures...................| 9.71 | 10.00 | 10.07 | 10.08 | 375.78| 390.00| 389.71| 394.13 Stone, clay, and glass products..........| 12.32 | 12.59 | 12.77 | 12.75 | 530.99| 537.59| 551.66| 557.18 Primary metal industries.................| 14.53 | 14.74 | 14.96 | 14.71 | 637.87| 645.61| 652.26| 648.71 Blast furnaces and basic steel products| 17.22 | 17.61 | 17.85 | 17.33 | 757.68| 780.12| 783.62| 767.72 Fabricated metal products................| 12.07 | 12.28 | 12.43 | 12.43 | 508.15| 514.53| 519.57| 525.79 Industrial machinery and equipment.......| 13.17 | 13.36 | 13.45 | 13.46 | 571.58| 578.49| 574.32| 578.78 Electronic and other electrical equipment| 11.55 | 11.89 | 11.98 | 12.02 | 477.02| 492.25| 487.59| 497.63 Transportation equipment.................| 16.66 | 16.68 | 17.25 | 17.25 | 729.71| 705.56| 760.73| 765.90 Motor vehicles and equipment...........| 17.24 | 17.11 | 17.95 | 17.94 | 775.80| 723.75| 816.73| 821.65 Instruments and related products.........| 12.65 | 12.97 | 13.02 | 12.98 | 521.18| 543.44| 539.03| 541.27 Miscellaneous manufacturing..............| 10.02 | 10.25 | 10.35 | 10.38 | 397.79| 407.95| 407.79| 411.05 | | | | | | | | Nondurable goods..........................| 11.50 | 11.83 | 11.94 | 11.90 | 463.45| 476.75| 477.60| 480.76 Food and kindred products................| 10.90 | 11.11 | 11.21 | 11.22 | 444.72| 449.96| 450.64| 455.53 Tobacco products.........................| 21.01 | 19.55 | 20.55 | 21.19 | 840.40| 772.23| 809.67| 841.24 Textile mill products....................| 9.34 | 9.55 | 9.65 | 9.60 | 378.27| 388.69| 386.97| 391.68 Apparel and other textile products.......| 7.57 | 7.85 | 7.93 | 7.94 | 280.09| 290.45| 289.45| 296.96 Paper and allied products................| 14.16 | 14.45 | 14.63 | 14.63 | 606.05| 618.46| 626.16| 630.55 Printing and publishing..................| 12.23 | 12.52 | 12.54 | 12.55 | 464.74| 478.26| 475.27| 475.65 Chemicals and allied products............| 15.49 | 16.03 | 16.21 | 16.09 | 667.62| 690.89| 693.79| 690.26 Petroleum and coal products..............| 19.17 | 19.20 | 19.33 | 18.87 | 828.14| 825.60| 840.86| 817.07 Rubber and misc. plastics products.......| 10.85 | 11.14 | 11.20 | 11.18 | 451.36| 460.08| 460.32| 463.97 Leather and leather products.............| 8.15 | 8.46 | 8.45 | 8.50 | 313.78| 318.94| 315.19| 322.15 | | | | | | | | Service_producing.............................| 10.80 | 11.21 | 11.22 | 11.18 | 349.92| 364.33| 363.53| 364.47 | | | | | | | | Transportation and public utilities.........| 14.07 | 14.44 | 14.50 | 14.42 | 551.54| 570.38| 569.85| 568.15 | | | | | | | | Wholesale trade.............................| 12.34 | 12.67 | 12.76 | 12.74 | 470.15| 482.73| 486.16| 486.67 | | | | | | | | Retail trade................................| 7.64 | 7.90 | 7.92 | 7.93 | 219.27| 225.15| 224.93| 227.59 | | | | | | | | Finance, insurance, and real estate.........| 12.24 | 12.74 | 12.77 | 12.79 | 433.30| 454.82| 454.61| 455.32 | | | | | | | | Services....................................| 11.31 | 11.72 | 11.72 | 11.69 | 363.05| 377.38| 377.38| 377.59 | | | | | | | | ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary. NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 1995 benchmarks, new seasonal adjustment procedures, and updated seasonal adjustment factors. ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers ESTABLISHMENT DATA 1/ on private nonfarm payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted _________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Percent | | | | | | | change Industry | May | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | from: | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ |Apr. 1996| | | | | | | May 1996 | | | | | | | _________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | Total private: | | | | | | | Current dollars...................| $11.36| $11.62| $11.65| $11.68| $11.72| $11.75| 0.3 Constant (1982) dollars2/.........| 7.36| 7.41| 7.42| 7.40| 7.40| N.A. | (3) | | | | | | | Goods_producing......................| 12.96| 13.30| 13.26| 13.25| 13.40| 13.38| -.1 Mining.............................| 15.21| 15.48| 15.49| 15.46| 15.47| 15.53| .4 Construction.......................| 15.04| 15.25| 15.23| 15.24| 15.28| 15.32| .3 Manufacturing......................| 12.30| 12.63| 12.56| 12.55| 12.74| 12.72| -.2 Excluding overtime4/.............| 11.68| 12.00| 11.93| 11.92| 12.09| 12.06| -.2 | | | | | | | Service_producing....................| 10.81| 11.06| 11.11| 11.16| 11.16| 11.20| .4 Transportation and public utilities| 14.14| 14.39| 14.43| 14.48| 14.50| 14.49| -.1 Wholesale trade....................| 12.34| 12.58| 12.63| 12.70| 12.71| 12.73| .2 Retail trade.......................| 7.65| 7.83| 7.85| 7.88| 7.90| 7.94| .5 Finance, insurance, and real estate| 12.21| 12.55| 12.60| 12.68| 12.65| 12.80| 1.2 Services...........................| 11.33| 11.59| 11.62| 11.67| 11.65| 11.70| .4 | | | | | | | _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ See footnote 1, table B-2. 2/ The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series. 3/ Change was .0 percent from March 1996 to April 1996, the latest month available. 4/ Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and onehalf. N.A. = not available. p/ = preliminary. NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 1995 benchmarks, new seasonal adjustment procedures, and updated seasonal adjustment factors. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers 1/ on private nonfarm payrolls by industry (1982=100) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted | | ___________________________ _______________________________________ Industry | | | | | | | | | | | May |Mar. | Apr. | May | May |Jan. |Feb. |Mar. | Apr. | May |1995 |1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ |1995 |1996 |1996 |1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ | | | | | | | | | | __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | Total private...........................|132.4|132.5| 133.6 | 135.9 |131.9|131.7|135.5|135.5| 135.2 | 135.4 | | | | | | | | | | Goods_producing...............................|109.7|106.0| 107.7 | 110.3 |109.1|106.0|110.8|109.4| 109.9 | 109.9 | | | | | | | | | | Mining.......................................| 53.5| 53.4| 53.7 | 54.9 | 54.0| 52.7| 54.9| 55.7| 54.6 | 55.4 | | | | | | | | | | Construction.................................|140.0|129.9| 140.1 | 148.9 |135.2|140.7|150.5|145.6| 146.6 | 144.1 | | | | | | | | | | Manufacturing................................|107.0|104.4| 104.4 | 105.7 |107.3|102.0|105.9|105.2| 105.7 | 106.2 | | | | | | | | | | Durable goods...............................|107.9|106.1| 106.9 | 108.4 |107.6|104.1|107.4|106.3| 107.8 | 108.4 Lumber and wood products...................|133.9|129.7| 132.3 | 134.9 |134.1|127.1|133.1|133.1| 134.5 | 135.4 Furniture and fixtures.....................|122.6|121.0| 119.5 | 121.3 |124.8|111.4|121.7|122.0| 121.1 | 123.6 Stone, clay, and glass products............|109.9|104.5| 108.5 | 111.9 |107.4|104.9|109.7|108.9| 109.1 | 109.2 Primary metal industries...................| 92.2| 91.3| 90.4 | 91.8 | 92.2| 90.4| 91.9| 91.5| 91.0 | 92.0 Blast furnaces and basic steel products..| 72.9| 72.6| 71.5 | 72.7 | 73.4| 72.8| 73.8| 73.1| 71.9 | 73.3 Fabricated metal products..................|113.4|112.5| 112.0 | 114.1 |113.2|110.2|112.9|112.9| 113.5 | 114.6 Industrial machinery and equipment.........|103.4|104.4| 102.7 | 103.3 |103.0|101.2|103.2|103.2| 103.3 | 103.5 Electronic and other electrical equipment..|106.8|108.2| 106.0 | 107.7 |107.3|105.0|108.7|108.0| 107.1 | 108.4 Transportation equipment...................|123.2|113.9| 122.8 | 124.1 |121.1|116.6|118.6|113.1| 123.1 | 122.6 Motor vehicles and equipment.............|167.0|148.9| 168.0 | 170.3 |163.2|158.2|159.9|147.5| 169.0 | 172.4 Instruments and related products...........| 72.7| 73.9| 73.0 | 73.9 | 73.1| 70.8| 73.6| 73.6| 73.3 | 74.0 Miscellaneous manufacturing................|102.7|102.0| 100.6 | 100.7 |103.4| 97.2|102.2|102.4| 101.4 | 101.8 | | | | | | | | | | Nondurable goods............................|105.6|102.1| 100.8 | 102.0 |106.7| 99.3|103.9|103.7| 102.8 | 103.1 Food and kindred products..................|110.3|109.0| 107.1 | 109.0 |115.0|111.0|114.8|114.9| 113.6 | 113.6 Tobacco products...........................| 55.7| 59.4| 57.2 | 54.6 | 63.5| 55.9| 63.1| 64.2| 64.0 | 60.2 Textile mill products......................| 95.9| 91.5| 89.7 | 91.9 | 95.7| 80.8| 91.7| 92.0| 89.9 | 91.4 Apparel and other textile products.........| 85.8| 76.7| 75.4 | 77.2 | 85.2| 70.1| 77.5| 76.7| 75.6 | 76.5 Paper and allied products..................|109.8|106.8| 106.4 | 107.5 |110.5|105.0|108.6|108.4| 108.3 | 108.6 Printing and publishing....................|124.0|123.6| 122.3 | 121.5 |125.1|120.5|123.4|123.6| 122.8 | 122.7 Chemicals and allied products..............|101.6|100.7| 99.6 | 99.2 |101.9|100.2|101.3|100.9| 100.1 | 100.2 Petroleum and coal products................| 78.6| 71.2| 73.2 | 74.7 | 77.2| 73.9| 73.6| 74.3| 72.9 | 74.1 Rubber and misc. plastics products.........|144.0|139.3| 138.4 | 140.3 |143.4|136.5|139.6|139.2| 139.8 | 139.4 Leather and leather products...............| 49.6| 44.0| 43.2 | 43.5 | 49.4| 41.2| 44.5| 44.1| 43.7 | 43.8 | | | | | | | | | | Service_producing.............................|142.6|144.4| 145.3 | 147.4 |142.1|143.2|146.6|147.2| 146.6 | 146.9 | | | | | | | | | | Transportation and public utilities..........|123.1|126.4| 126.3 | 128.0 |122.9|124.5|128.4|129.1| 127.8 | 127.5 | | | | | | | | | | Wholesale trade..............................|120.8|122.6| 123.1 | 124.1 |120.1|122.0|124.0|124.3| 123.6 | 123.6 | | | | | | | | | | Retail trade.................................|131.2|128.8| 129.9 | 133.7 |131.2|129.9|133.1|133.7| 132.7 | 133.8 | | | | | | | | | | Finance, insurance, and real estate..........|121.3|123.7| 123.9 | 124.7 |120.5|122.2|124.4|125.0| 124.5 | 124.2 | | | | | | | | | | Services.....................................|168.9|173.3| 174.4 | 176.1 |168.1|170.3|174.5|175.2| 175.0 | 175.3 | | | | | | | | | | __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary. NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 1995 benchmarks, new seasonal adjustment procedures, and updated seasonal adjustment factors. ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-6. ESTABLISHMENT DATA Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted (Percent) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | TIME SPAN | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | | | | | | | | | | | | _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | Private nonfarm payrolls, 356 industries1/ | _______________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | Over 1-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | | 1992..............| 43.7 | 43.7 | 50.0 | 57.3 | 55.5 | 50.1 | 52.2 | 49.0 | 52.1 | 56.3 | 53.2 | 57.4 1993..............| 60.0 | 60.8 | 51.3 | 58.6 | 61.7 | 55.2 | 57.7 | 57.0 | 61.8 | 59.7 | 61.8 | 59.6 1994..............| 58.8 | 62.1 | 66.0 | 64.2 | 60.3 | 63.5 | 61.5 | 62.1 | 60.8 | 61.5 | 63.1 | 63.9 1995..............| 63.2 | 59.3 | 54.9 | 54.6 | 51.4 | 55.1 | 54.1 | 57.4 | 51.8 | 54.8 | 56.3 | 59.4 1996..............| 52.4 | 63.2 | 60.0 |p/51.5 |p/59.4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Over 3-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | | 1992..............| 39.7 | 41.9 | 49.7 | 57.0 | 58.4 | 55.8 | 50.6 | 50.1 | 52.8 | 54.4 | 57.6 | 61.2 1993..............| 63.8 | 61.2 | 61.1 | 59.8 | 63.1 | 62.9 | 59.7 | 63.1 | 64.5 | 67.1 | 64.6 | 63.5 1994..............| 67.1 | 69.5 | 70.4 | 68.7 | 66.4 | 66.0 | 68.5 | 69.5 | 65.3 | 65.6 | 68.0 | 67.8 1995..............| 66.6 | 63.2 | 56.9 | 53.4 | 54.2 | 52.9 | 56.6 | 53.8 | 54.2 | 54.6 | 58.3 | 57.0 1996..............| 60.7 | 61.8 |p/61.0 |p/59.1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Over 6-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | | 1992..............| 43.3 | 46.8 | 47.5 | 52.5 | 54.9 | 56.7 | 53.8 | 52.2 | 55.5 | 57.6 | 63.9 | 61.9 1993..............| 63.3 | 65.2 | 63.8 | 64.2 | 62.4 | 65.9 | 65.7 | 63.9 | 66.3 | 67.3 | 70.6 | 69.5 1994..............| 70.8 | 71.6 | 69.0 | 69.8 | 69.5 | 69.5 | 69.2 | 69.0 | 69.2 | 68.5 | 69.1 | 66.6 1995..............| 66.3 | 60.8 | 58.7 | 54.4 | 53.5 | 54.1 | 53.1 | 56.3 | 55.9 | 54.1 | 56.2 | 61.8 1996..............|p/59.7 |p/60.3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Over 12-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | | 1992..............| 47.2 | 42.3 | 42.7 | 44.1 | 48.0 | 52.5 | 55.8 | 60.7 | 59.7 | 61.4 | 62.9 | 62.9 1993..............| 64.9 | 63.9 | 64.0 | 65.4 | 67.0 | 67.6 | 67.6 | 67.0 | 70.2 | 69.5 | 69.2 | 70.1 1994..............| 70.2 | 71.6 | 71.8 | 71.8 | 72.1 | 71.8 | 71.5 | 72.1 | 70.1 | 69.4 | 65.7 | 65.0 1995..............| 62.6 | 60.8 | 60.1 | 61.2 | 58.1 | 57.7 | 54.5 | 58.7 | 58.6 |p/57.3 |p/58.7 | 1996..............| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | _______________________________________________________________________________________________ | | Manufacturing payrolls, 139 industries1/ | _______________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | Over 1-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | | 1992..............| 37.4 | 39.9 | 43.9 | 56.8 | 50.0 | 48.9 | 52.2 | 44.6 | 47.5 | 47.8 | 51.4 | 54.7 1993..............| 52.5 | 56.5 | 50.7 | 45.7 | 54.0 | 45.7 | 49.3 | 49.3 | 59.4 | 53.2 | 53.6 | 55.0 1994..............| 56.5 | 60.1 | 59.7 | 58.6 | 53.2 | 57.9 | 57.6 | 53.6 | 55.8 | 54.7 | 57.2 | 59.4 1995..............| 56.8 | 55.0 | 46.0 | 45.3 | 39.2 | 40.3 | 45.0 | 45.0 | 42.4 | 45.3 | 46.4 | 47.5 1996..............| 42.1 | 48.2 | 48.2 |p/39.9 |p/51.4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Over 3-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | | 1992..............| 29.9 | 33.5 | 43.9 | 49.6 | 55.4 | 53.2 | 46.8 | 47.8 | 45.7 | 47.5 | 51.1 | 54.7 1993..............| 60.8 | 58.3 | 53.2 | 47.8 | 48.9 | 54.0 | 50.4 | 58.3 | 57.6 | 59.7 | 54.7 | 57.6 1994..............| 63.7 | 64.4 | 66.2 | 60.8 | 56.1 | 56.8 | 60.8 | 58.6 | 54.0 | 56.1 | 60.1 | 60.8 1995..............| 60.4 | 51.8 | 43.5 | 34.9 | 33.1 | 32.0 | 33.1 | 35.6 | 38.8 | 39.6 | 40.6 | 38.8 1996..............| 38.8 | 39.9 |p/37.1 |p/39.9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Over 6-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | | 1992..............| 32.4 | 34.9 | 39.9 | 46.8 | 52.2 | 54.3 | 48.2 | 47.8 | 51.1 | 51.1 | 56.8 | 56.5 1993..............| 56.5 | 59.0 | 56.8 | 55.4 | 50.7 | 57.9 | 59.4 | 56.5 | 57.6 | 58.6 | 64.4 | 60.8 1994..............| 62.2 | 64.4 | 60.4 | 61.5 | 59.0 | 56.8 | 56.5 | 57.2 | 60.1 | 55.8 | 59.7 | 55.8 1995..............| 55.4 | 45.0 | 38.5 | 33.5 | 27.7 | 28.8 | 28.8 | 30.6 | 33.5 | 33.1 | 34.2 | 38.8 1996..............|p/31.3 |p/33.8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Over 12-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | | 1992..............| 42.4 | 36.7 | 36.3 | 36.0 | 39.6 | 45.7 | 50.0 | 55.8 | 57.9 | 56.8 | 58.3 | 56.5 1993..............| 56.8 | 57.9 | 55.8 | 58.6 | 57.2 | 57.6 | 58.6 | 59.0 | 61.2 | 59.7 | 60.1 | 57.6 1994..............| 57.9 | 58.6 | 60.8 | 60.8 | 60.8 | 63.3 | 59.4 | 60.1 | 57.2 | 55.8 | 49.6 | 47.5 1995..............| 42.1 | 40.3 | 39.9 | 40.6 | 34.5 | 31.7 | 25.9 | 28.8 | 28.1 |p/24.5 |p/26.3 | 1996..............| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. Data are centered within the span. p = preliminary. NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing employment. Data have been revised to reflect March 1995 benchmarks, new seasonal adjustment procedures, and new seasonal adjustment factors.
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