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Transmission of material in this release is embargoed until 8:30 a.m. (EDT) Friday, June 1, 2012 USDL-12-1070 Technical information: Household data: (202) 691-6378 • cpsinfo@bls.gov • www.bls.gov/cps Establishment data: (202) 691-6555 • cesinfo@bls.gov • www.bls.gov/ces Media contact: (202) 691-5902 • PressOffice@bls.gov THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION — MAY 2012 Nonfarm payroll employment changed little in May (+69,000), and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 8.2 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment increased in health care, transportation and warehousing, and wholesale trade but declined in construction. Employment was little changed in most other major industries. Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, May 2010 – May 2012 Chart 2. Nonfarm payroll employment over-the-month change, seasonally adjusted, May 2010 – May 2012 Percent 11.0 Thousands 600 500 10.0 400 300 9.0 200 100 8.0 0 -100 7.0 M ay-10 A ug-10 No v-10 Feb-11 M ay-11 A ug-11 No v-11 Feb-12 M ay-12 -200 M ay-10 A ug-10 No v-10 Feb-11 M ay-11 A ug-11 No v-11 Feb-12 M ay-12 Household Survey Data Both the number of unemployed persons (12.7 million) and the unemployment rate (8.2 percent) changed little in May. (See table A-1.) Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men (7.8 percent) and Hispanics (11.0 percent) edged up in May, while the rates for adult women (7.4 percent), teenagers (24.6 percent), whites (7.4 percent), and blacks (13.6 percent) showed little or no change. The jobless rate for Asians was 5.2 percent in May (not seasonally adjusted), down from 7.0 percent a year earlier. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.) The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks and over) rose from 5.1 to 5.4 million in May. These individuals accounted for 42.8 percent of the unemployed. (See table A-12.) The civilian labor force participation rate increased in May by 0.2 percentage point to 63.8 percent, offsetting a decline of the same amount in April. The employment-population ratio edged up to 58.6 percent in May. (See table A-1.) The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as involuntary part-time workers) edged up to 8.1 million over the month. These individuals were working part time because their hours had been cut back or because they were unable to find a full-time job. (See table A-8.) In May, 2.4 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force, up from 2.2 million a year earlier. (The data are not seasonally adjusted.) These individuals were not in the labor force, wanted and were available for work, and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. (See table A-16.) Among the marginally attached, there were 830,000 discouraged workers in May, about the same as a year earlier. (The data are not seasonally adjusted.) Discouraged workers are persons not currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them. The remaining 1.6 million persons marginally attached to the labor force in May had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey for reasons such as school attendance or family responsibilities. (See table A-16.) Establishment Survey Data Total nonfarm payroll employment changed little in May (+69,000), following a similar change in April (+77,000). In comparison, the average monthly gain was 226,000 in the first quarter of the year. In May, employment rose in health care, transportation and warehousing, and wholesale trade, while construction lost jobs. (See table B-1.) Health care employment continued to increase in May (+33,000). Within the industry, employment in ambulatory health care services, which includes offices of physicians and outpatient care centers, rose by 23,000 over the month. Over the year, health care employment has risen by 340,000. Transportation and warehousing added 36,000 jobs over the month. Employment gains in transit and ground passenger transportation (+20,000) and in couriers and messengers (+5,000) followed job losses in those industries in April. Employment in both industries has shown little net change over the year. In May, truck transportation added 7,000 jobs. Employment in wholesale trade rose by 16,000 over the month. Since reaching an employment low in May 2010, this industry has added 184,000 jobs. Manufacturing employment continued to trend up in May (+12,000) following a similar change in April (+9,000). Job gains averaged 41,000 per month in the first quarter of this year. In May, employment rose in fabricated metal products (+6,000) and in primary metals (+4,000). Since its most recent low in January 2010, manufacturing employment has increased by 495,000. -2- Construction employment declined by 28,000 in May, with job losses occurring in specialty trade contractors (-18,000) and in heavy and civil engineering construction (-11,000). Since reaching a low in January 2011, employment in construction has shown little change on net. Employment in professional and business services was essentially unchanged in May. Since the most recent low point in September 2009, employment in this industry has grown by 1.4 million. In May, job losses in accounting and bookkeeping services (-14,000) and in services to buildings and dwellings (-14,000) were offset by small gains elsewhere in the industry. Employment in other major industries, including mining and logging, retail trade, information, financial activities, leisure and hospitality, and government, changed little in May. The average workweek for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls edged down by 0.1 hour to 34.4 hours in May. The manufacturing workweek declined by 0.3 hour to 40.5 hours, and factory overtime declined by 0.1 hour to 3.2 hours. The average workweek for production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged at 33.7 hours. (See tables B-2 and B-7.) In May, average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls edged up by 2 cents to $23.41. Over the past 12 months, average hourly earnings have increased by 1.7 percent. In May, average hourly earnings of private-sector production and nonsupervisory employees edged down by 1 cent to $19.70. (See tables B-3 and B-8.) The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for March was revised from +154,000 to +143,000, and the change for April was revised from +115,000 to +77,000. The Employment Situation for June is scheduled to be released on Friday, July 6, 2012, at 8:30 a.m. (EDT). -3- Corrections to Women Employee Data from the Establishment Survey On May 25, 2012, BLS corrected estimates of women employees in the U.S. Postal Service from the establishment survey. BLS staff had discovered data-processing errors that occurred during the November 2009–April 2012 period that resulted in an incorrect ratio of women employees to all employees in the U.S. Postal Service. The following women employee data series that incorporate the U.S. Postal Service employment were also corrected: women employees in the federal government, government, serviceproviding sector, and total nonfarm. These data series on women employees were affected only to the extent of the error occurring in the estimate of women employees in the U.S. Postal Service. Not seasonally adjusted data were revised from November 2009 through February 2012. Seasonally adjusted data were revised back to January 2002. Some of the corrected women employee data series appear in Summary table B and table B-5 of this news release. Total employment (jobs held by men and women combined) for all data series including the U.S. Postal Service are correct as originally published. For more information, see www.bls.gov/bls/ceswomen_usps_correction.htm. -4- HOUSEHOLD DATA Summary table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands] Category May 2011 Mar. 2012 Apr. 2012 Change from: Apr. 2012May 2012 May 2012 Employment status Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civilian labor force...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................... . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed................................................................... . Employment-population ratio.......................................... . Unemployed................................................................ . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239,313 153,700 64.2 139,808 58.4 13,892 9.0 85,613 242,604 154,707 63.8 142,034 58.5 12,673 8.2 87,897 242,784 154,365 63.6 141,865 58.4 12,500 8.1 88,419 242,966 155,007 63.8 142,287 58.6 12,720 8.2 87,958 182 642 0.2 422 0.2 220 0.1 -461 Unemployment rates Total, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adult men (20 years and over)............................................. . Adult women (20 years and over). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Teenagers (16 to 19 years). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Black or African American. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Asian (not seasonally adjusted)............................................ . Hispanic or Latino ethnicity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................ . 9.0 8.9 8.0 24.1 8.0 16.2 7.0 11.8 8.2 7.6 7.4 25.0 7.3 14.0 6.2 10.3 8.1 7.5 7.4 24.9 7.4 13.0 5.2 10.3 8.2 7.8 7.4 24.6 7.4 13.6 5.2 11.0 0.1 0.3 0.0 -0.3 0.0 0.6 – 0.7 Total, 25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Less than a high school diploma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . High school graduates, no college. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Some college or associate degree. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bachelor’s degree and higher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.8 14.6 9.5 8.0 4.5 6.8 12.6 8.0 7.5 4.2 6.8 12.5 7.9 7.6 4.0 6.9 13.0 8.1 7.9 3.9 0.1 0.5 0.2 0.3 -0.1 Reason for unemployment Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Job leavers................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . Reentrants....................................................................... . New entrants.................................................................... . 8,250 919 3,436 1,229 7,020 1,117 3,269 1,433 6,852 997 3,341 1,384 6,989 891 3,439 1,367 137 -106 98 -17 Duration of unemployment Less than 5 weeks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 to 14 weeks................................................................... . 15 to 26 weeks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 weeks and over........ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,687 2,912 1,994 6,204 2,572 2,754 1,867 5,308 2,543 2,814 1,884 5,101 2,580 3,002 1,662 5,411 37 188 -222 310 Employed persons at work part time Part time for economic reasons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Slack work or business conditions......................................... . Could only find part-time work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part time for noneconomic reasons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,541 5,836 2,475 18,481 7,672 5,081 2,341 18,523 7,853 5,187 2,367 18,832 8,098 5,147 2,649 19,393 245 -40 282 561 Persons not in the labor force (not seasonally adjusted) Marginally attached to the labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Discouraged workers... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,206 822 2,352 865 2,363 968 2,423 830 – – - Over-the-month changes are not displayed for not seasonally adjusted data. NOTE: Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. ESTABLISHMENT DATA Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted May 2011 Mar. 2012 Apr. 2012p May 2012p EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY (Over-the-month change, in thousands) Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Durable goods1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Motor vehicles and parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Private service-providing1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Professional and business services1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Temporary help services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Education and health services1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 108 20 9 3 8 19 -1.7 -11 88 7.6 -4.6 7.5 0 14 56 1.7 19 25.7 -15 3 -54 143 147 28 0 -14 42 27 11.3 15 119 5.2 -14.9 6.1 -5 13 18 -13.2 51 33.4 43 2 -4 77 87 4 0 -5 9 11 1.9 -2 83 11.1 27.0 -16.5 -1 4 37 12.6 29 20.9 -6 -1 -10 69 82 -15 1 -28 12 13 5.8 -1 97 15.9 2.3 35.6 -2 3 -1 9.2 46 34.0 -9 6 -13 WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES AS A PERCENT OF ALL EMPLOYEES2 Total nonfarm women employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Total private women employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Total private production and nonsupervisory employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.5 48.0 82.4 49.3 47.8 82.6 49.4 47.8 82.6 49.4 47.9 82.6 HOURS AND EARNINGS ALL EMPLOYEES Total private Average weekly hours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Average hourly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Average weekly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Index of aggregate weekly hours (2007=100)3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2007=100)4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.4 $ 23.02 $791.89 94.0 0.0 103.2 0.3 34.5 $ 23.37 $806.27 95.9 -0.1 106.8 0.0 34.5 $ 23.39 $806.96 95.9 0.0 107.0 0.2 34.4 $ 23.41 $805.30 95.7 -0.2 106.9 -0.1 HOURS AND EARNINGS PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES Total private Average weekly hours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Average hourly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Average weekly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Index of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100)3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2002=100)4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.6 $ 19.43 $652.85 101.0 -0.2 131.1 0.0 33.7 $ 19.67 $662.88 103.1 -0.2 135.5 -0.1 33.7 $ 19.71 $664.23 103.2 0.1 136.0 0.4 33.7 $ 19.70 $663.89 103.3 0.1 136.0 0.0 54.5 54.3 63.5 69.8 55.6 53.7 59.4 54.3 Category DIFFUSION INDEX (Over 1-month span)5 Total private (266 industries). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manufacturing (81 industries). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Includes other industries, not shown separately. 2 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing industries. 3 The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding annual average aggregate hours. 4 The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate weekly payrolls by the corresponding annual average aggregate weekly payrolls. 5 Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing employment. p Preliminary NOTE: Data in this table have been corrected. For more information see http://www.bls.gov/bls/ceswomen_usps_correction.htm. Frequently Asked Questions about Employment and Unemployment Estimates Why are there two monthly measures of employment? The household survey and establishment survey both produce sample-based estimates of employment and both have strengths and limitations. The establishment survey employment series has a smaller margin of error on the measurement of month-to-month change than the household survey because of its much larger sample size. An over-the-month employment change of about 100,000 is statistically significant in the establishment survey, while the threshold for a statistically significant change in the household survey is about 400,000. However, the household survey has a more expansive scope than the establishment survey because it includes the self-employed, unpaid family workers, agricultural workers, and private household workers, who are excluded by the establishment survey. The household survey also provides estimates of employment for demographic groups. Are undocumented immigrants counted in the surveys? It is likely that both surveys include at least some undocumented immigrants. However, neither the establishment nor the household survey is designed to identify the legal status of workers. Therefore, it is not possible to determine how many are counted in either survey. The establishment survey does not collect data on the legal status of workers. The household survey does include questions which identify the foreign and native born, but it does not include questions about the legal status of the foreign born. Why does the establishment survey have revisions? The establishment survey revises published estimates to improve its data series by incorporating additional information that was not available at the time of the initial publication of the estimates. The establishment survey revises its initial monthly estimates twice, in the immediately succeeding 2 months, to incorporate additional sample receipts from respondents in the survey and recalculated seasonal adjustment factors. For more information on the monthly revisions, please visit www.bls.gov/ces/cesrevinfo.htm. On an annual basis, the establishment survey incorporates a benchmark revision that re-anchors estimates to nearly complete employment counts available from unemployment insurance tax records. The benchmark helps to control for sampling and modeling errors in the estimates. For more information on the annual benchmark revision, please visit www.bls.gov/web/cesbmart.htm. Does the establishment survey sample include small firms? Yes; about 40 percent of the establishment survey sample is comprised of business establishments with fewer than 20 employees. The establishment survey sample is designed to maximize the reliability of the total nonfarm employment estimate; firms from all size classes and industries are appropriately sampled to achieve that goal. Does the establishment survey account for employment from new businesses? Yes; monthly establishment survey estimates include an adjustment to account for the net employment change generated by business births and deaths. The adjustment comes from an econometric model that forecasts the monthly net jobs impact of business births and deaths based on the actual past values of the net impact that can be observed with a lag from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. The establishment survey uses modeling rather than sampling for this purpose because the survey is not immediately able to bring new businesses into the sample. There is an unavoidable lag between the birth of a new firm and its appearance on the sampling frame and availability for selection. BLS adds new businesses to the survey twice a year. Is the count of unemployed persons limited to just those people receiving unemployment insurance benefits? No; the estimate of unemployment is based on a monthly sample survey of households. All persons who are without jobs and are actively seeking and available to work are included among the unemployed. (People on temporary layoff are included even if they do not actively seek work.) There is no requirement or question relating to unemployment insurance benefits in the monthly survey. Does the official unemployment rate exclude people who have stopped looking for work? Yes; however, there are separate estimates of persons outside the labor force who want a job, including those who have stopped looking because they believe no jobs are available (discouraged workers). In addition, alternative measures of labor underutilization (some of which include discouraged workers and other groups not officially counted as unemployed) are published each month in The Employment Situation news release. How can unusually severe weather affect employment and hours estimates? In the establishment survey, the reference period is the pay period that includes the 12th of the month. Unusually severe weather is more likely to have an impact on average weekly hours than on employment. Average weekly hours are estimated for paid time during the pay period, including pay for holidays, sick leave, or other time off. The impact of severe weather on hours estimates typically, but not always, results in a reduction in average weekly hours. For example, some employees may be off work for part of the pay period and not receive pay for the time missed, while some workers, such as those dealing with cleanup or repair, may work extra hours. In order for severe weather conditions to reduce the estimate of payroll employment, employees have to be off work without pay for the entire pay period. About half of all employees in the payroll survey have a 2-week, semi-monthly, or monthly pay period. Employees who receive pay for any part of the pay period, even 1 hour, are counted in the payroll employment figures. It is not possible to quantify the effect of extreme weather on estimates of employment from the establishment survey. In the household survey, the reference period is generally the calendar week that includes the 12th of the month. Persons who miss the entire week’s work for weather-related events are counted as employed whether or not they are paid for the time off. The household survey collects data on the number of persons who usually work full time but had reduced hours, or had a job but were not at work the entire week, due to bad weather. Current and historical data are available on the household survey’s most requested statistics page at http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?ln. Technical Note This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current Population Survey (CPS; household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics survey (CES; establishment survey). The household survey provides information on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears in the "A" tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA. It is a sample survey of about 60,000 eligible households conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The establishment survey provides information on employment, hours, and earnings of employees on nonfarm payrolls; the data appear in the "B" tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA. BLS collects these data each month from the payroll records of a sample of nonagricultural business establishments. Each month the CES program surveys about 141,000 businesses and government agencies, representing approximately 486,000 individual worksites, in order to provide detailed industry data on employment, hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls. The active sample includes approximately onethird of all nonfarm payroll employees. For both surveys, the data for a given month relate to a particular week or pay period. In the household survey, the reference period is generally the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month. In the establishment survey, the reference period is the pay period including the 12th, which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week. unemployed persons. Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the labor force. The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent of the labor force. The labor force participation rate is the labor force as a percent of the population, and the employment-population ratio is the employed as a percent of the population. Additional information about the household survey can be found at www.bls.gov/cps/documentation.htm. Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys Differences in employment estimates. The numerous conceptual and methodological differences between the household and establishment surveys result in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from the surveys. Among these are: Household survey. The sample is selected to reflect the entire civilian noninstitutional population. Based on responses to a series of questions on work and job search activities, each person 16 years and over in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the labor force. People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid employees during the reference week; worked in their own business, profession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours in a family business or farm. People are also counted as employed if they were temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather, vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons. People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following criteria: they had no employment during the reference week; they were available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference week. Persons laid off from a job and expecting recall need not be looking for work to be counted as unemployed. The unemployment data derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility for or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits. The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and Establishment survey. The sample establishments are drawn from private nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well as from federal, state, and local government entities. Employees on nonfarm payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay period, including persons on paid leave. Persons are counted in each job they hold. Hours and earnings data are produced for the private sector for all employees and for production and nonsupervisory employees. Production and nonsupervisory employees are defined as production and related employees in manufacturing and mining and logging, construction workers in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in private service-providing industries. Industries are classified on the basis of an establishment's principal activity in accordance with the 2012 version of the North American Industry Classification System. Additional information about the establishment survey can be found at www.bls.gov/ces/#technical. The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed, unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed. These groups are excluded from the establishment survey. The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the employed. The establishment survey does not. The household survey is limited to workers 16 years of age and older. The establishment survey is not limited by age. The household survey has no duplication of individuals, because individuals are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job and thus appearing on more than one payroll are counted separately for each appearance. Seasonal adjustment Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the levels of employment and unemployment undergo regularly occurring fluctuations. These events may result from seasonal changes in weather, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools. The effect of such seasonal variation can be very large. Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each year, their influence on the level of a series can be tempered by adjusting for regular seasonal variation. These adjustments make nonseasonal developments, such as declines in employment or increases in the participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot. For example, in the household survey, the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is likely to obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May, making it difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or declined. Similarly, in the establishment survey, payroll employment in education declines by about 20 percent at the end of the spring term and later rises with the start of the fall term, obscuring the underlying employment trends in the industry. Because seasonal employment changes at the end and beginning of the school year can be estimated, the statistics can be adjusted to make underlying employment patterns more discernable. The seasonally adjusted figures provide a more useful tool with which to analyze changes in month-tomonth economic activity. Many seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted in both the household and establishment surveys. However, the adjusted series for many major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most major sectors, total employment, and unemployment are computed by aggregating independently adjusted component series. For example, total unemployment is derived by summing the adjusted series for four major agesex components; this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be obtained by directly adjusting the total or by combining the duration, reasons, or more detailed age categories. For both the household and establishment surveys, a concurrent seasonal adjustment methodology is used in which new seasonal factors are calculated each month using all relevant data, up to and including the data for the current month. In the household survey, new seasonal factors are used to adjust only the current month's data. In the establishment survey, however, new seasonal factors are used each month to adjust the three most recent monthly estimates. The prior 2 months are routinely revised to incorporate additional sample reports and recalculated seasonal adjustment factors. In both surveys, 5-year revisions to historical data are made once a year. Reliability of the estimates Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error. When a sample rather than the entire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates may differ from the "true" population values they represent. The exact difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the estimate. There is about a 90percent chance, or level of confidence, that an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard errors from the "true" population value because of sampling error. BLS analyses are generally conducted at the 90percent level of confidence. For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total nonfarm employment from the establishment survey is on the order of plus or minus 100,000. Suppose the estimate of nonfarm employment increases by 50,000 from one month to the next. The 90percent confidence interval on the monthly change would range from -50,000 to +150,000 (50,000 +/- 100,000). These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the "true" over-the-month change lies within this interval. Since this range includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that nonfarm employment had, in fact, increased that month. If, however, the reported nonfarm employment rise was 250,000, then all of the values within the 90-percent confidence interval would be greater than zero. In this case, it is likely (at least a 90-percent chance) that nonfarm employment had, in fact, risen that month. At an unemployment rate of around 5.5 percent, the 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly change in unemployment as measured by the household survey is about +/- 280,000, and for the monthly change in the unemployment rate it is about +/- 0.19 percentage point. In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates which are based on a small number of observations. The precision of estimates also is improved when the data are cumulated over time, such as for quarterly and annual averages. The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling error, which can occur for many reasons, including the failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain information for all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes made by respondents, and errors made in the collection or processing of the data. For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 2 months are based on incomplete returns; for this reason, these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables. It is only after two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final. Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new firms. To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth, an estimation procedure with two components is used to account for business births. The first component excludes employment losses from business deaths from samplebased estimation in order to offset the missing employment gains from business births. This is incorporated into the sample-based estimation procedure by simply not reflecting sample units going out of business, but imputing to them the same employment trend as the other firms in the sample. This procedure accounts for most of the net birth/death employment. The second component is an ARIMA time series model designed to estimate the residual net birth/death employment not accounted for by the imputation. The historical time series used to create and test the ARIMA model was derived from the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and reflects the actual residual net of births and deaths over the past 5 years. The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program. The difference between the March sample-based employment estimates and the March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a rough proxy for total survey error. The new benchmarks also incorporate changes in the classification of industries. Over the past decade, absolute benchmark revisions for total nonfarm employment have averaged 0.3 percent, with a range from -0.7 to 0.6 percent. Other information Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Federal Relay Service: (800) 877-8339. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age [Numbers in thousands] Seasonally adjusted1 Not seasonally adjusted Employment status, sex, and age May 2011 Apr. 2012 May 2012 May 2011 Jan. 2012 Feb. 2012 Mar. 2012 Apr. 2012 May 2012 TOTAL Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Persons who currently want a job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239,313 153,449 64.1 140,028 58.5 13,421 8.7 85,864 6,821 242,784 153,905 63.4 141,995 58.5 11,910 7.7 88,879 6,328 242,966 154,998 63.8 142,727 58.7 12,271 7.9 87,968 6,835 239,313 153,700 64.2 139,808 58.4 13,892 9.0 85,613 6,216 242,269 154,395 63.7 141,637 58.5 12,758 8.3 87,874 6,319 242,435 154,871 63.9 142,065 58.6 12,806 8.3 87,564 6,378 242,604 154,707 63.8 142,034 58.5 12,673 8.2 87,897 6,299 242,784 154,365 63.6 141,865 58.4 12,500 8.1 88,419 6,366 242,966 155,007 63.8 142,287 58.6 12,720 8.2 87,958 6,291 Men, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116,156 81,956 70.6 74,441 64.1 7,515 9.2 34,200 117,081 81,629 69.7 75,074 64.1 6,555 8.0 35,452 117,177 82,409 70.3 75,712 64.6 6,697 8.1 34,768 116,156 82,019 70.6 74,217 63.9 7,802 9.5 34,137 116,808 82,070 70.3 75,288 64.5 6,781 8.3 34,739 116,896 82,165 70.3 75,318 64.4 6,846 8.3 34,732 116,986 82,179 70.2 75,369 64.4 6,810 8.3 34,807 117,081 81,983 70.0 75,256 64.3 6,727 8.2 35,098 117,177 82,350 70.3 75,401 64.3 6,949 8.4 34,827 Men, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107,566 79,223 73.7 72,427 67.3 6,796 8.6 28,344 108,396 78,839 72.7 73,010 67.4 5,829 7.4 29,557 108,503 79,511 73.3 73,567 67.8 5,945 7.5 28,991 107,566 79,204 73.6 72,161 67.1 7,043 8.9 28,362 108,087 79,234 73.3 73,170 67.7 6,064 7.7 28,853 108,188 79,317 73.3 73,240 67.7 6,077 7.7 28,870 108,289 79,337 73.3 73,286 67.7 6,051 7.6 28,952 108,396 79,050 72.9 73,119 67.5 5,930 7.5 29,346 108,503 79,382 73.2 73,229 67.5 6,153 7.8 29,121 Women, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123,157 71,492 58.0 65,587 53.3 5,905 8.3 51,664 125,703 72,276 57.5 66,921 53.2 5,355 7.4 53,427 125,788 72,589 57.7 67,015 53.3 5,574 7.7 53,200 123,157 71,681 58.2 65,591 53.3 6,090 8.5 51,476 125,461 72,326 57.6 66,349 52.9 5,977 8.3 53,135 125,539 72,706 57.9 66,747 53.2 5,960 8.2 52,833 125,619 72,529 57.7 66,665 53.1 5,863 8.1 53,090 125,703 72,382 57.6 66,609 53.0 5,773 8.0 53,321 125,788 72,657 57.8 66,886 53.2 5,771 7.9 53,131 Women, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114,954 68,728 59.8 63,423 55.2 5,305 7.7 46,226 117,353 69,643 59.3 64,822 55.2 4,820 6.9 47,711 117,448 69,775 59.4 64,840 55.2 4,936 7.1 47,672 114,954 68,878 59.9 63,385 55.1 5,493 8.0 46,077 117,082 69,449 59.3 64,078 54.7 5,370 7.7 47,634 117,170 69,815 59.6 64,454 55.0 5,361 7.7 47,355 117,260 69,589 59.3 64,413 54.9 5,176 7.4 47,671 117,353 69,562 59.3 64,425 54.9 5,137 7.4 47,791 117,448 69,807 59.4 64,671 55.1 5,136 7.4 47,641 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,792 5,498 32.7 4,177 24.9 1,320 24.0 11,295 17,034 5,423 31.8 4,163 24.4 1,260 23.2 11,611 17,015 5,711 33.6 4,320 25.4 1,391 24.4 11,304 16,792 5,618 33.5 4,262 25.4 1,356 24.1 11,174 17,100 5,713 33.4 4,389 25.7 1,324 23.2 11,387 17,078 5,739 33.6 4,371 25.6 1,367 23.8 11,339 17,056 5,781 33.9 4,335 25.4 1,447 25.0 11,274 17,034 5,753 33.8 4,321 25.4 1,432 24.9 11,282 17,015 5,819 34.2 4,388 25.8 1,431 24.6 11,197 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age [Numbers in thousands] Seasonally adjusted1 Not seasonally adjusted Employment status, race, sex, and age WHITE Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ASIAN Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See footnotes at end of table. May 2011 Apr. 2012 May 2012 May 2011 Jan. 2012 Feb. 2012 Mar. 2012 Apr. 2012 May 2012 192,877 124,608 64.6 114,989 59.6 9,618 7.7 68,269 192,893 122,997 63.8 114,313 59.3 8,684 7.1 69,896 193,004 123,897 64.2 115,015 59.6 8,882 7.2 69,107 192,877 124,812 64.7 114,827 59.5 9,985 8.0 68,065 192,600 123,579 64.2 114,458 59.4 9,121 7.4 69,021 192,691 123,848 64.3 114,754 59.6 9,094 7.3 68,843 192,788 123,713 64.2 114,697 59.5 9,016 7.3 69,076 192,893 123,499 64.0 114,355 59.3 9,144 7.4 69,394 193,004 123,989 64.2 114,767 59.5 9,222 7.4 69,015 65,416 74.3 60,472 68.7 4,943 7.6 64,212 73.3 59,975 68.5 4,237 6.6 64,680 73.8 60,349 68.8 4,331 6.7 65,372 74.2 60,212 68.4 5,160 7.9 64,495 73.8 60,059 68.7 4,436 6.9 64,642 73.9 60,245 68.9 4,397 6.8 64,552 73.8 60,192 68.8 4,360 6.8 64,410 73.5 60,046 68.6 4,364 6.8 64,591 73.7 60,072 68.5 4,519 7.0 54,709 59.5 50,956 55.4 3,753 6.9 54,421 58.8 50,919 55.0 3,502 6.4 54,620 58.9 51,087 55.1 3,533 6.5 54,872 59.7 50,976 55.4 3,895 7.1 54,434 58.9 50,729 54.9 3,705 6.8 54,609 59.0 50,890 55.0 3,719 6.8 54,473 58.9 50,873 55.0 3,600 6.6 54,435 58.8 50,719 54.8 3,716 6.8 54,717 59.0 51,045 55.1 3,672 6.7 4,483 34.9 3,561 27.8 922 20.6 4,365 34.4 3,419 26.9 946 21.7 4,597 36.3 3,579 28.2 1,018 22.1 4,568 35.6 3,638 28.4 929 20.3 4,650 36.5 3,670 28.8 980 21.1 4,596 36.1 3,619 28.4 977 21.3 4,688 36.9 3,632 28.6 1,056 22.5 4,654 36.7 3,591 28.3 1,063 22.8 4,681 36.9 3,649 28.8 1,031 22.0 29,063 17,705 60.9 14,867 51.2 2,838 16.0 11,358 29,824 18,227 61.1 15,940 53.4 2,286 12.5 11,597 29,854 18,275 61.2 15,837 53.0 2,438 13.3 11,579 29,063 17,730 61.0 14,862 51.1 2,868 16.2 11,333 29,727 18,206 61.2 15,725 52.9 2,482 13.6 11,521 29,760 18,363 61.7 15,769 53.0 2,593 14.1 11,398 29,792 18,427 61.9 15,843 53.2 2,584 14.0 11,365 29,824 18,274 61.3 15,891 53.3 2,383 13.0 11,550 29,854 18,290 61.3 15,807 52.9 2,484 13.6 11,564 8,024 67.7 6,618 55.8 1,406 17.5 8,133 67.0 7,018 57.8 1,114 13.7 8,270 68.0 7,082 58.3 1,188 14.4 8,038 67.8 6,639 56.0 1,399 17.4 8,256 68.4 7,205 59.7 1,052 12.7 8,239 68.1 7,064 58.4 1,175 14.3 8,283 68.4 7,137 58.9 1,147 13.8 8,162 67.3 7,054 58.1 1,108 13.6 8,281 68.1 7,102 58.4 1,179 14.2 9,041 61.9 7,868 53.9 1,172 13.0 9,459 62.9 8,503 56.6 956 10.1 9,327 62.0 8,317 55.3 1,011 10.8 9,058 62.0 7,848 53.7 1,210 13.4 9,287 62.0 8,113 54.2 1,174 12.6 9,410 62.8 8,240 55.0 1,171 12.4 9,473 63.1 8,307 55.4 1,166 12.3 9,443 62.8 8,423 56.1 1,019 10.8 9,346 62.1 8,284 55.1 1,062 11.4 640 24.6 380 14.6 260 40.6 635 23.9 419 15.7 216 34.1 678 25.5 439 16.5 239 35.2 635 24.4 375 14.4 259 40.8 663 24.7 407 15.2 255 38.5 713 26.6 466 17.4 247 34.7 671 25.1 399 14.9 272 40.5 669 25.1 413 15.5 256 38.2 664 25.0 421 15.9 242 36.5 11,350 12,774 12,749 – – – – – – HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age — Continued [Numbers in thousands] Seasonally adjusted1 Not seasonally adjusted Employment status, race, sex, and age Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 2011 7,377 65.0 6,863 60.5 514 7.0 3,973 Apr. 2012 7,965 62.4 7,553 59.1 412 5.2 4,809 May 2012 8,080 63.4 7,656 60.0 424 5.2 4,669 May 2011 Jan. 2012 – – – – – – – Feb. 2012 – – – – – – – Mar. 2012 – – – – – – – Apr. 2012 – – – – – – – May 2012 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. - Data not available. NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1 because data are not presented for all races. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-3. Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age [Numbers in thousands] Seasonally adjusted1 Not seasonally adjusted Employment status, sex, and age HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 2011 Apr. 2012 May 2012 May 2011 Jan. 2012 Feb. 2012 Mar. 2012 Apr. 2012 May 2012 34,311 22,642 66.0 20,124 58.7 2,518 11.1 11,668 36,546 24,201 66.2 21,839 59.8 2,362 9.8 12,345 36,626 24,534 67.0 21,984 60.0 2,550 10.4 12,092 34,311 22,754 66.3 20,060 58.5 2,695 11.8 11,557 36,301 24,045 66.2 21,513 59.3 2,532 10.5 12,256 36,384 24,206 66.5 21,628 59.4 2,579 10.7 12,178 36,463 24,128 66.2 21,638 59.3 2,491 10.3 12,335 36,546 24,253 66.4 21,755 59.5 2,498 10.3 12,293 36,626 24,567 67.1 21,867 59.7 2,700 11.0 12,059 12,940 81.5 11,636 73.3 1,304 10.1 13,284 80.8 12,146 73.9 1,138 8.6 13,486 81.8 12,195 74.0 1,291 9.6 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 8,799 58.5 7,820 52.0 979 11.1 9,826 59.7 8,886 54.0 939 9.6 9,904 60.1 8,993 54.5 911 9.2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 904 26.6 668 19.7 236 26.1 1,092 29.9 807 22.1 285 26.1 1,144 31.3 796 21.8 348 30.4 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. - Data not available. NOTE: Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-4. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment [Numbers in thousands] Not seasonally adjusted Educational attainment Seasonally adjusted May 2011 Apr. 2012 May 2012 May 2011 Jan. 2012 Feb. 2012 Mar. 2012 Apr. 2012 May 2012 Less than a high school diploma Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate................................... . Employed................ . . . . . . . . . . ................. . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed........................................ . Unemployment rate............................. . 11,669 46.0 10,072 39.7 1,597 13.7 11,490 45.7 10,069 40.1 1,421 12.4 11,670 45.8 10,242 40.2 1,428 12.2 11,468 45.2 9,789 38.6 1,678 14.6 11,469 45.6 9,968 39.7 1,501 13.1 11,488 46.6 10,006 40.6 1,483 12.9 11,493 46.3 10,044 40.4 1,449 12.6 11,366 45.2 9,947 39.6 1,419 12.5 11,451 44.9 9,960 39.1 1,491 13.0 High school graduates, no college1 Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate................................... . Employed................ . . . . . . . . . . ................. . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed........................................ . Unemployment rate............................. . 37,670 60.4 34,247 54.9 3,423 9.1 36,812 59.3 33,959 54.7 2,852 7.7 37,119 59.8 34,239 55.2 2,880 7.8 37,591 60.3 34,018 54.5 3,573 9.5 36,850 59.6 33,737 54.6 3,113 8.4 36,799 59.0 33,761 54.1 3,039 8.3 36,475 59.0 33,573 54.3 2,902 8.0 36,718 59.2 33,834 54.5 2,884 7.9 36,924 59.5 33,928 54.7 2,996 8.1 Some college or associate degree Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate................................... . Employed................ . . . . . . . . . . ................. . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed........................................ . Unemployment rate............................. . 36,659 69.4 33,898 64.2 2,761 7.5 36,966 68.6 34,270 63.6 2,696 7.3 36,899 68.5 34,157 63.4 2,741 7.4 36,784 69.7 33,828 64.1 2,956 8.0 37,214 69.2 34,525 64.2 2,689 7.2 37,282 69.1 34,571 64.1 2,711 7.3 37,405 69.3 34,613 64.2 2,793 7.5 37,168 69.0 34,344 63.7 2,824 7.6 37,079 68.8 34,155 63.4 2,924 7.9 Bachelor’s degree and higher2 Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate................................... . Employed................ . . . . . . . . . . ................. . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed........................................ . Unemployment rate............................. . 46,778 77.2 44,766 73.9 2,012 4.3 48,075 76.4 46,310 73.6 1,765 3.7 48,191 76.7 46,408 73.9 1,783 3.7 46,898 77.4 44,803 74.0 2,095 4.5 47,481 75.6 45,492 72.4 1,989 4.2 47,890 76.4 45,875 73.1 2,015 4.2 48,191 76.2 46,189 73.1 2,002 4.2 47,977 76.2 46,062 73.2 1,915 4.0 48,232 76.8 46,355 73.8 1,877 3.9 1 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent. 2 Includes persons with bachelor’s, master’s, professional, and doctoral degrees. NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-5. Employment status of the civilian population 18 years and over by veteran status, period of service, and sex, not seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands] Total Employment status, veteran status, and period of service May 2011 Men May 2012 May 2011 Women May 2012 May 2011 May 2012 VETERANS, 18 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,664 11,421 52.7 10,477 48.4 944 8.3 10,243 21,224 11,228 52.9 10,348 48.8 880 7.8 9,996 19,864 10,316 51.9 9,457 47.6 859 8.3 9,548 19,412 10,077 51.9 9,263 47.7 814 8.1 9,335 1,800 1,105 61.4 1,020 56.7 85 7.7 695 1,812 1,152 63.6 1,085 59.9 67 5.8 660 Gulf War-era II veterans Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,394 1,923 80.3 1,691 70.6 232 12.1 471 2,620 2,074 79.2 1,812 69.1 263 12.7 546 1,984 1,647 83.0 1,435 72.3 212 12.9 337 2,178 1,781 81.8 1,556 71.4 226 12.7 397 409 276 67.3 256 62.4 20 7.3 134 442 293 66.2 256 57.8 37 12.7 149 Gulf War-era I veterans Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,850 2,374 83.3 2,207 77.5 167 7.0 476 3,032 2,571 84.8 2,410 79.5 161 6.3 462 2,420 2,073 85.7 1,929 79.7 144 6.9 347 2,545 2,185 85.8 2,039 80.1 145 6.6 360 430 301 70.1 278 64.8 23 7.5 129 487 386 79.2 370 76.0 16 4.1 101 World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam-era veterans Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,470 3,605 34.4 3,337 31.9 267 7.4 6,866 9,936 3,369 33.9 3,135 31.6 234 6.9 6,567 10,139 3,480 34.3 3,223 31.8 257 7.4 6,659 9,615 3,250 33.8 3,023 31.4 228 7.0 6,365 331 124 37.6 114 34.5 10 8.1 207 321 118 36.9 112 35.0 6 5.2 202 Veterans of other service periods Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,950 3,519 59.1 3,242 54.5 278 7.9 2,431 5,636 3,215 57.0 2,992 53.1 223 6.9 2,421 5,320 3,115 58.6 2,870 53.9 245 7.9 2,205 5,074 2,860 56.4 2,645 52.1 215 7.5 2,214 630 404 64.1 372 59.0 32 8.0 226 562 354 63.1 347 61.8 7 2.1 207 NONVETERANS, 18 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209,119 140,321 67.1 128,348 61.4 11,973 8.5 68,799 212,936 141,926 66.7 131,032 61.5 10,894 7.7 71,010 91,916 70,803 77.0 64,405 70.1 6,398 9.0 21,113 93,271 71,452 76.6 65,822 70.6 5,631 7.9 21,819 117,203 69,517 59.3 63,943 54.6 5,574 8.0 47,686 119,665 70,474 58.9 65,211 54.5 5,263 7.5 49,191 NOTE: Veterans served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces and were not on active duty at the time of the survey. Nonveterans never served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces. Veterans could have served anywhere in the world during these periods of service: Gulf War era II (September 2001-present), Gulf War era I (August 1990-August 2001), Vietnam era (August 1964-April 1975), Korean War (July 1950-January 1955), World War II (December 1941-December 1946), and other service periods (all other time periods). Veterans who served in more than one wartime period are classified only in the most recent one. Veterans who served during one of the selected wartime periods and another period are classified only in the wartime period. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-6. Employment status of the civilian population by sex, age, and disability status, not seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands] Persons with a disability Employment status, sex, and age May 2011 May 2012 Persons with no disability May 2011 May 2012 TOTAL, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population...................................................... . Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate..................................................................... . Employed............................................................................. . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed.......................................................................... . Unemployment rate............................................................... . Not in labor force....................................................................... . 27,669 5,828 21.1 4,917 17.8 911 15.6 21,841 28,059 5,821 20.7 5,068 18.1 752 12.9 22,238 211,644 147,621 69.7 135,111 63.8 12,510 8.5 64,024 214,907 149,177 69.4 137,658 64.1 11,519 7.7 65,730 Men, 16 to 64 years Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate..................................................................... . Employed............................................................................. . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed.......................................................................... . Unemployment rate............................................................... . Not in labor force....................................................................... . 2,682 35.3 2,218 29.2 464 17.3 4,911 2,586 34.9 2,225 30.0 362 14.0 4,819 75,258 82.5 68,474 75.1 6,784 9.0 15,948 75,401 82.4 69,344 75.8 6,056 8.0 16,078 Women, 16 to 64 years Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate..................................................................... . Employed............................................................................. . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed.......................................................................... . Unemployment rate............................................................... . Not in labor force....................................................................... . 2,280 29.2 1,919 24.6 360 15.8 5,531 2,282 29.1 1,964 25.0 318 13.9 5,564 66,109 70.9 60,748 65.2 5,361 8.1 27,107 66,922 70.7 61,894 65.4 5,028 7.5 27,712 Both sexes, 65 years and over Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate..................................................................... . Employed............................................................................. . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed.......................................................................... . Unemployment rate............................................................... . Not in labor force....................................................................... . 867 7.1 780 6.4 87 10.0 11,399 953 7.4 880 6.9 73 7.6 11,855 6,254 23.0 5,889 21.6 365 5.8 20,969 6,854 23.8 6,420 22.3 435 6.3 21,939 NOTE: A person with a disability has at least one of the following conditions: is deaf or has serious difficulty hearing; is blind or has serious difficulty seeing even when wearing glasses; has serious difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition; has serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs; has difficulty dressing or bathing; or has difficulty doing errands alone such as visiting a doctor’s office or shopping because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-7. Employment status of the civilian population by nativity and sex, not seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands] Total Employment status and nativity May 2011 Men May 2012 May 2011 Women May 2012 May 2011 May 2012 Foreign born, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not in labor force.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,348 24,253 66.7 22,216 61.1 2,037 8.4 12,095 37,504 24,878 66.3 23,038 61.4 1,840 7.4 12,625 18,200 14,511 79.7 13,333 73.3 1,178 8.1 3,688 18,291 14,405 78.8 13,409 73.3 996 6.9 3,886 18,149 9,741 53.7 8,883 48.9 859 8.8 8,407 19,213 10,473 54.5 9,629 50.1 844 8.1 8,740 Native born, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not in labor force.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202,965 129,196 63.7 117,812 58.0 11,384 8.8 73,769 205,462 130,120 63.3 119,689 58.3 10,431 8.0 75,342 97,957 67,445 68.9 61,108 62.4 6,337 9.4 30,512 98,887 68,004 68.8 62,303 63.0 5,701 8.4 30,882 105,008 61,751 58.8 56,704 54.0 5,047 8.2 43,257 106,575 62,115 58.3 57,386 53.8 4,729 7.6 44,460 NOTE: The foreign born are those residing in the United States who were not U.S. citizens at birth. That is, they were born outside the United States or one of its outlying areas such as Puerto Rico or Guam, to parents neither of whom was a U.S. citizen. The native born are persons who were born in the United States or one of its outlying areas such as Puerto Rico or Guam or who were born abroad of at least one parent who was a U.S. citizen. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-8. Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status [In thousands] Not seasonally adjusted Category CLASS OF WORKER Agriculture and related industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wage and salary workers1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Self-employed workers, unincorporated. . . . . . . . . Unpaid family workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonagricultural industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wage and salary workers1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Private industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Private households........................... . Other industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Self-employed workers, unincorporated. . . . . . . . . Unpaid family workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME2 All industries Part time for economic reasons3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Slack work or business conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Could only find part-time work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part time for noneconomic reasons4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonagricultural industries Part time for economic reasons3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Slack work or business conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Could only find part-time work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part time for noneconomic reasons4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seasonally adjusted May 2011 Apr. 2012 May 2012 May 2011 Jan. 2012 Feb. 2012 Mar. 2012 Apr. 2012 May 2012 2,315 1,435 850 31 137,713 128,822 20,690 108,132 799 107,333 8,812 79 2,107 1,282 798 26 139,888 131,257 20,356 110,901 724 110,176 8,558 72 2,371 1,482 843 46 140,356 131,493 20,322 111,172 834 110,337 8,784 78 2,244 1,389 827 – 137,508 128,773 20,348 108,531 – 107,722 8,648 – 2,208 1,376 800 – 139,491 130,569 20,583 109,966 – 109,353 8,769 – 2,185 1,353 814 – 139,945 131,365 20,617 110,778 – 110,138 8,477 – 2,218 1,394 811 – 139,984 131,370 20,338 111,114 – 110,469 8,514 – 2,150 1,342 793 – 139,749 131,136 19,896 111,249 – 110,527 8,512 – 2,274 1,423 815 – 140,037 131,322 20,059 111,421 – 110,613 8,598 – 8,270 5,646 2,396 18,656 7,694 4,997 2,467 19,443 7,837 4,961 2,620 19,694 8,541 5,836 2,475 18,481 8,230 5,372 2,551 18,636 8,119 5,446 2,404 18,827 7,672 5,081 2,341 18,523 7,853 5,187 2,367 18,832 8,098 5,147 2,649 19,393 8,144 5,547 2,382 18,313 7,581 4,909 2,456 19,097 7,736 4,901 2,588 19,319 8,396 5,729 2,452 18,113 8,083 5,278 2,563 18,298 7,988 5,356 2,365 18,399 7,584 5,000 2,295 18,100 7,737 5,086 2,324 18,418 7,982 5,078 2,616 18,930 1 Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated. 2 Refers to those who worked 1 to 34 hours during the survey reference week and excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs for the entire week. 3 Refers to those who worked 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for an economic reason such as slack work or unfavorable business conditions, inability to find full-time work, or seasonal declines in demand. 4 Refers to persons who usually work part time for noneconomic reasons such as childcare problems, family or personal obligations, school or training, retirement or Social Security limits on earnings, and other reasons. This excludes persons who usually work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as vacations, holidays, illness, and bad weather. - Data not available. NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-9. Selected employment indicators [Numbers in thousands] Not seasonally adjusted Characteristic Seasonally adjusted May 2011 Apr. 2012 May 2012 May 2011 Jan. 2012 Feb. 2012 Mar. 2012 Apr. 2012 May 2012 AGE AND SEX Total, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140,028 4,177 1,203 2,974 135,850 12,868 122,983 94,088 30,617 30,402 33,069 28,895 141,995 4,163 1,304 2,859 137,832 13,224 124,608 94,307 30,750 30,640 32,917 30,300 142,727 4,320 1,347 2,974 138,407 13,360 125,046 94,520 30,748 30,656 33,116 30,527 139,808 4,262 1,266 2,979 135,546 12,966 122,600 93,892 30,634 30,288 32,970 28,708 141,637 4,389 1,333 3,064 137,248 13,335 123,901 93,991 30,367 30,614 33,009 29,910 142,065 4,371 1,337 3,050 137,694 13,395 124,243 94,056 30,483 30,638 32,935 30,187 142,034 4,335 1,395 2,955 137,699 13,371 124,407 94,267 30,568 30,672 33,027 30,140 141,865 4,321 1,421 2,875 137,544 13,329 124,166 94,128 30,724 30,539 32,866 30,038 142,287 4,388 1,418 2,968 137,899 13,429 124,472 94,205 30,714 30,519 32,971 30,268 Men, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74,441 2,013 579 1,435 72,427 6,764 65,663 50,480 16,698 16,475 17,308 15,183 75,074 2,064 633 1,431 73,010 6,778 66,232 50,290 16,566 16,417 17,308 15,942 75,712 2,145 628 1,518 73,567 6,909 66,658 50,525 16,648 16,500 17,377 16,133 74,217 2,055 597 1,447 72,161 6,759 65,423 50,327 16,745 16,406 17,176 15,096 75,288 2,118 620 1,487 73,170 7,003 66,169 50,358 16,440 16,573 17,346 15,811 75,318 2,079 650 1,424 73,240 6,851 66,376 50,382 16,498 16,564 17,319 15,994 75,369 2,083 656 1,424 73,286 6,927 66,327 50,393 16,538 16,470 17,385 15,934 75,256 2,136 685 1,461 73,119 6,863 66,156 50,329 16,624 16,425 17,280 15,827 75,401 2,173 655 1,513 73,229 6,898 66,308 50,304 16,654 16,421 17,229 16,004 Women, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,587 2,164 625 1,540 63,423 6,104 57,320 43,608 13,920 13,927 15,761 13,712 66,921 2,099 671 1,427 64,822 6,446 58,376 44,017 14,185 14,223 15,609 14,359 67,015 2,175 719 1,456 64,840 6,451 58,389 43,995 14,101 14,156 15,738 14,394 65,591 2,207 669 1,532 63,385 6,207 57,177 43,565 13,889 13,882 15,794 13,612 66,349 2,270 713 1,577 64,078 6,332 57,732 43,633 13,928 14,041 15,664 14,099 66,747 2,293 687 1,625 64,454 6,544 57,867 43,674 13,985 14,074 15,615 14,193 66,665 2,252 739 1,531 64,413 6,444 58,079 43,873 14,030 14,202 15,642 14,206 66,609 2,184 736 1,414 64,425 6,467 58,010 43,800 14,099 14,114 15,586 14,211 66,886 2,215 762 1,454 64,671 6,531 58,165 43,901 14,060 14,098 15,742 14,264 MARITAL STATUS Married men, spouse present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Married women, spouse present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Women who maintain families. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,124 33,894 8,930 43,530 34,369 9,530 43,903 34,673 9,516 43,043 33,847 – 43,658 34,445 – 43,556 34,341 – 43,635 34,325 – 43,582 34,207 – 43,798 34,620 – FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS Full-time workers1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part-time workers2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112,618 27,410 113,999 27,996 114,634 28,092 112,294 27,460 113,845 27,739 114,408 27,576 115,290 26,912 114,478 27,420 114,212 28,038 MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS Total multiple jobholders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Percent of total employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,084 5.1 6,947 4.9 7,174 5.0 6,924 5.0 7,038 5.0 6,999 4.9 6,985 4.9 6,870 4.8 6,959 4.9 SELF-EMPLOYMENT Self-employed workers, incorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Self-employed workers, unincorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,232 9,661 5,258 9,357 5,419 9,627 – 9,475 – 9,569 – 9,291 – 9,325 – 9,305 – 9,413 1 Employed full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week. 2 Employed part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per week. - Data not available. NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-10. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted Characteristic Number of unemployed persons (in thousands) Unemployment rates May 2011 Apr. 2012 May 2012 May 2011 Jan. 2012 Feb. 2012 Mar. 2012 Apr. 2012 May 2012 AGE AND SEX Total, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 to 17 years................................... . 18 to 19 years................................... . 20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 to 24 years................................... . 25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 years and over............................ . 13,892 1,356 515 841 12,536 2,225 10,310 8,231 3,150 2,506 2,575 2,077 12,500 1,432 509 935 11,068 2,029 9,034 7,017 2,711 2,139 2,167 2,026 12,720 1,431 512 914 11,289 1,989 9,297 7,196 2,727 2,231 2,238 2,096 9.0 24.1 28.9 22.0 8.5 14.6 7.8 8.1 9.3 7.6 7.2 6.7 8.3 23.2 28.8 20.5 7.7 13.3 7.0 7.4 9.0 6.8 6.4 5.9 8.3 23.8 29.9 20.8 7.7 13.8 7.0 7.3 8.7 6.8 6.4 5.9 8.2 25.0 28.8 22.9 7.5 13.2 6.8 7.1 8.6 6.4 6.2 6.2 8.1 24.9 26.4 24.5 7.4 13.2 6.8 6.9 8.1 6.5 6.2 6.3 8.2 24.6 26.5 23.5 7.6 12.9 6.9 7.1 8.2 6.8 6.4 6.5 Men, 16 years and over.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 to 17 years................................... . 18 to 19 years................................... . 20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 to 24 years................................... . 25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 years and over............................ . 7,802 759 268 489 7,043 1,258 5,757 4,621 1,807 1,340 1,473 1,136 6,727 797 279 521 5,930 1,124 4,781 3,720 1,459 1,129 1,132 1,062 6,949 796 267 523 6,153 1,130 5,006 3,808 1,435 1,166 1,207 1,197 9.5 27.0 31.0 25.3 8.9 15.7 8.1 8.4 9.7 7.6 7.9 7.0 8.3 25.3 32.0 22.3 7.7 14.2 6.9 7.2 9.0 6.4 6.2 5.9 8.3 27.0 33.5 23.9 7.7 15.6 6.7 7.1 8.6 6.4 6.2 5.7 8.3 26.7 30.1 25.1 7.6 14.1 6.8 7.0 8.6 6.5 6.0 6.3 8.2 27.2 28.9 26.3 7.5 14.1 6.7 6.9 8.1 6.4 6.1 6.3 8.4 26.8 28.9 25.7 7.8 14.1 7.0 7.0 7.9 6.6 6.5 7.0 Women, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 to 17 years................................... . 18 to 19 years................................... . 20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 to 24 years................................... . 25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 years and over1 .......................... . 6,090 597 247 352 5,493 967 4,553 3,610 1,343 1,165 1,102 876 5,773 635 230 414 5,137 905 4,253 3,297 1,252 1,010 1,035 878 5,771 635 246 390 5,136 859 4,291 3,388 1,292 1,065 1,031 847 8.5 21.3 27.0 18.7 8.0 13.5 7.4 7.7 8.8 7.7 6.5 6.0 8.3 21.1 25.8 18.6 7.7 12.3 7.2 7.6 9.0 7.4 6.6 5.9 8.2 20.7 26.1 17.8 7.7 11.7 7.2 7.6 8.8 7.3 6.6 6.1 8.1 23.4 27.6 20.7 7.4 12.2 6.8 7.2 8.6 6.4 6.5 5.9 8.0 22.5 23.8 22.7 7.4 12.3 6.8 7.0 8.2 6.7 6.2 5.8 7.9 22.3 24.4 21.2 7.4 11.6 6.9 7.2 8.4 7.0 6.1 5.6 MARITAL STATUS Married men, spouse present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Married women, spouse present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Women who maintain families1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,726 2,067 1,303 2,370 1,919 1,078 2,440 1,799 1,168 6.0 5.8 12.7 5.1 5.6 12.0 5.0 5.5 11.7 5.1 5.3 10.8 5.2 5.3 10.2 5.3 4.9 10.9 FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS Full-time workers2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part-time workers3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,059 1,830 10,691 1,846 10,858 1,826 9.7 6.2 8.8 5.9 8.8 6.0 8.6 6.2 8.5 6.3 8.7 6.1 1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 Full-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work full time (35 hours or more per week) or are on layoff from full-time jobs. 3 Part-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work part time (less than 35 hours per week) or are on layoff from part-time jobs. NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-11. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment [Numbers in thousands] Not seasonally adjusted Reason May 2011 Apr. 2012 Seasonally adjusted May 2012 May 2011 Jan. 2012 Feb. 2012 Mar. 2012 Apr. 2012 May 2012 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . On temporary layoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not on temporary layoff........................... . Permanent job losers........................... . Persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . Job leavers............................................ . Reentrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New entrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,885 1,004 6,881 5,566 1,315 869 3,477 1,190 6,555 1,009 5,546 4,397 1,149 962 3,184 1,210 6,607 909 5,699 4,458 1,240 849 3,513 1,302 8,250 1,218 7,031 5,621 1,410 919 3,436 1,229 7,321 1,284 6,037 4,807 1,230 939 3,325 1,253 7,209 1,135 6,075 4,755 1,320 1,031 3,361 1,392 7,020 1,120 5,900 4,632 1,268 1,117 3,269 1,433 6,852 1,083 5,768 4,529 1,239 997 3,341 1,384 6,989 1,106 5,883 4,553 1,330 891 3,439 1,367 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . On temporary layoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not on temporary layoff........................... . Job leavers............................................ . Reentrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New entrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.8 7.5 51.3 6.5 25.9 8.9 55.0 8.5 46.6 8.1 26.7 10.2 53.8 7.4 46.4 6.9 28.6 10.6 59.6 8.8 50.8 6.6 24.8 8.9 57.0 10.0 47.0 7.3 25.9 9.8 55.5 8.7 46.7 7.9 25.9 10.7 54.7 8.7 46.0 8.7 25.5 11.2 54.5 8.6 45.9 7.9 26.6 11.0 55.1 8.7 46.4 7.0 27.1 10.8 UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Job leavers............................................ . Reentrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New entrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1 0.6 2.3 0.8 4.3 0.6 2.1 0.8 4.3 0.5 2.3 0.8 5.4 0.6 2.2 0.8 4.7 0.6 2.2 0.8 4.7 0.7 2.2 0.9 4.5 0.7 2.1 0.9 4.4 0.6 2.2 0.9 4.5 0.6 2.2 0.9 NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-12. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment [Numbers in thousands] Not seasonally adjusted Duration May 2011 Apr. 2012 May 2012 Seasonally adjusted May 2011 Jan. 2012 Feb. 2012 Mar. 2012 Apr. 2012 May 2012 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED Less than 5 weeks.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 to 14 weeks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 weeks and over................................... . 15 to 26 weeks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 weeks and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,664 2,356 8,401 2,235 6,166 2,165 2,368 7,377 2,109 5,268 2,572 2,442 7,257 1,852 5,405 2,687 2,912 8,197 1,994 6,204 2,486 2,884 7,498 1,980 5,518 2,541 2,807 7,397 1,971 5,426 2,572 2,754 7,175 1,867 5,308 2,543 2,814 6,984 1,884 5,101 2,580 3,002 7,073 1,662 5,411 Average (mean) duration, in weeks1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Median duration, in weeks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.2 23.8 42.0 22.3 41.4 22.0 39.6 21.9 40.1 21.1 40.0 20.3 39.4 19.9 39.1 19.4 39.7 20.1 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION Less than 5 weeks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 to 14 weeks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 weeks and over................................... . 15 to 26 weeks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 weeks and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.8 17.6 62.6 16.7 45.9 18.2 19.9 61.9 17.7 44.2 21.0 19.9 59.1 15.1 44.0 19.5 21.1 59.4 14.5 45.0 19.3 22.4 58.3 15.4 42.9 19.9 22.0 58.0 15.5 42.6 20.6 22.0 57.4 14.9 42.5 20.6 22.8 56.6 15.3 41.3 20.4 23.7 55.9 13.1 42.8 1 Beginning in January 2011, this series reflects a change to the collection of data on unemployment duration. For more information, see www.bls.gov/cps/duration.htm. NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-13. Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands] Employed Occupation Total, 16 years and over1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Management, professional, and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . Management, business, and financial operations occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Professional and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Service occupations................................................. . Sales and office occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sales and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Office and administrative support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations........................................................ . Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Construction and extraction occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations............ . Production, transportation, and material moving occupations........................................................ . Production occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transportation and material moving occupations............. . Unemployed Unemployment rates May 2011 May 2012 May 2011 May 2012 May 2011 May 2012 140,028 52,778 142,727 54,156 13,421 2,419 12,271 2,275 8.7 4.4 7.9 4.0 21,355 31,423 24,959 32,804 15,376 17,428 22,691 31,465 25,870 32,684 15,179 17,504 1,094 1,325 2,607 3,172 1,596 1,576 966 1,309 2,482 2,782 1,308 1,474 4.9 4.0 9.5 8.8 9.4 8.3 4.1 4.0 8.8 7.8 7.9 7.8 12,942 1,033 7,071 4,838 12,908 1,114 6,971 4,823 1,900 117 1,375 408 1,609 133 1,153 323 12.8 10.2 16.3 7.8 11.1 10.7 14.2 6.3 16,546 8,113 8,433 17,109 8,433 8,676 2,100 1,094 1,006 1,784 814 970 11.3 11.9 10.7 9.4 8.8 10.1 1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the U.S. Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total. NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-14. Unemployed persons by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted Industry and class of worker Total, 16 years and over1 ............................................................... . Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction.................................... . Construction.......................................................................... . Manufacturing........................................................................ . Durable goods..................................................................... . Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wholesale and retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transportation and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Financial activities... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............ . Professional and business services............................................... . Education and health services..................................................... . Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............... . Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers......................... . Government workers................................................................... . Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . Number of unemployed persons (in thousands) Unemployment rates May 2011 May 2012 May 2011 May 2012 13,421 10,628 32 1,367 1,453 920 533 1,845 483 227 612 1,429 1,242 1,402 536 131 836 636 12,271 9,419 47 1,150 1,099 683 416 1,654 480 230 462 1,296 1,172 1,326 501 148 899 503 8.7 8.9 3.8 16.3 9.6 9.6 9.6 9.0 8.0 7.3 6.8 9.8 5.7 10.6 8.4 8.7 3.9 6.1 7.9 7.8 4.5 14.2 7.1 7.2 7.1 8.1 7.8 7.8 5.1 8.5 5.3 9.7 7.8 9.5 4.2 4.9 1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the U.S. Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total. NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-15. Alternative measures of labor underutilization [Percent] Not seasonally adjusted Measure U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official unemployment rate). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all other persons marginally attached to the labor force, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U-6 Total unemployed, plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force, plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force................................................. . Seasonally adjusted May 2011 Apr. 2012 May 2012 May 2011 Jan. 2012 Feb. 2012 Mar. 2012 Apr. 2012 May 2012 5.5 4.8 4.7 5.3 4.9 4.8 4.6 4.5 4.6 5.1 4.3 4.3 5.4 4.7 4.7 4.5 4.4 4.5 8.7 7.7 7.9 9.0 8.3 8.3 8.2 8.1 8.2 9.2 8.3 8.4 9.5 8.9 8.9 8.7 8.7 8.7 10.0 9.1 9.3 10.3 9.9 9.8 9.6 9.5 9.6 15.4 14.1 14.3 15.8 15.1 14.9 14.5 14.5 14.8 NOTE: Persons marginally attached to the labor force are those who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the past 12 months. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for work. Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to settle for a part-time schedule. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-16. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands] Total Category May 2011 Men May 2012 May 2011 Women May 2012 May 2011 May 2012 NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE Total not in the labor force............................................ . Persons who currently want a job. . . . ............................. . Marginally attached to the labor force1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Discouraged workers2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other persons marginally attached to the labor force3 . . . . 85,864 6,821 2,206 822 1,384 87,968 6,835 2,423 830 1,593 34,200 3,337 1,158 469 689 34,768 3,214 1,239 469 770 51,664 3,484 1,047 353 695 53,200 3,622 1,183 360 823 MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS Total multiple jobholders4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Percent of total employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Primary job full time, secondary job part time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Primary and secondary jobs both part time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Primary and secondary jobs both full time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hours vary on primary or secondary job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,084 5.1 3,731 1,883 295 1,130 7,174 5.0 3,655 1,979 250 1,245 3,491 4.7 1,987 670 185 629 3,605 4.8 2,111 639 170 656 3,593 5.5 1,744 1,214 111 501 3,569 5.3 1,544 1,340 80 589 1 Data refer to persons who want a job, have searched for work during the prior 12 months, and were available to take a job during the reference week, but had not looked for work in the past 4 weeks. 2 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for reasons such as thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of discrimination. 3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as school or family responsibilities, ill health, and transportation problems, as well as a number for whom reason for nonparticipation was not determined. 4 Includes a small number of persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately. NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail [In thousands] Not seasonally adjusted Industry Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seasonally adjusted May 2011 Mar. 2012 Apr. 2012p May 2012p May 2011 Mar. 2012 Apr. 2012p May 2012p 131,889 109,354 18,007 132,081 109,676 17,890 132,938 110,537 18,090 133,727 111,337 18,327 131,227 109,097 18,001 132,863 110,871 18,318 132,940 110,958 18,322 133,009 111,040 18,307 Change from: Apr.2012 May2012p 69 82 -15 Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mining, except oil and gas1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coal mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Support activities for mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 46.4 727.4 171.3 220.3 87.1 335.8 823 46.2 776.3 191.1 211.9 85.6 373.3 827 44.4 782.6 191.7 216.4 84.9 374.5 835 46.6 788.7 193.1 223.5 85.4 372.1 777 48.2 728.3 171.4 217.8 87.2 339.1 837 48.3 788.8 192.3 220.5 85.9 376.0 837 47.8 789.1 193.1 220.2 85.3 375.8 838 48.3 789.8 193.0 221.1 85.6 375.7 1 0.5 0.7 -0.1 0.9 0.3 -0.1 Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Construction of buildings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Residential building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonresidential building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heavy and civil engineering construction. . . . . . . Specialty trade contractors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Residential specialty trade contractors. . . . . . . Nonresidential specialty trade contractors. . . . 5,540 1,206.7 558.1 648.6 854.9 3,478.8 1,472.5 2,006.3 5,220 1,172.0 538.5 633.5 760.8 3,286.9 1,372.2 1,914.7 5,391 1,188.3 545.8 642.5 817.3 3,385.8 1,424.2 1,961.6 5,560 1,223.6 563.4 660.2 854.2 3,482.3 1,470.6 2,011.7 5,498 1,211.4 559.8 651.6 831.6 3,455.4 1,454.3 2,001.1 5,549 1,228.4 568.0 660.4 839.2 3,481.8 1,460.1 2,021.7 5,544 1,226.3 566.3 660.0 841.8 3,475.9 1,462.5 2,013.4 5,516 1,226.8 565.3 661.5 830.6 3,458.2 1,452.5 2,005.7 -28 0.5 -1.0 1.5 -11.2 -17.7 -10.0 -7.7 Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,693 11,847 11,872 11,932 11,726 11,932 11,941 11,953 12 Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wood products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonmetallic mineral products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Primary metals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fabricated metal products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Machinery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Computer and electronic products1 . . . . . . . . . . Computer and peripheral equipment. . . . . . . Communications equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Semiconductors and electronic components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electronic instruments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electrical equipment and appliances. . . . . . . . . Transportation equipment1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Motor vehicles and parts2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Furniture and related products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miscellaneous manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,253 338.8 371.3 388.4 1,339.4 1,048.1 1,102.9 157.1 115.8 7,420 326.3 358.3 404.0 1,383.7 1,096.7 1,108.3 163.3 110.2 7,439 329.2 364.3 405.8 1,389.4 1,098.9 1,105.4 164.0 109.1 7,475 332.0 369.4 409.5 1,398.8 1,102.3 1,108.1 164.1 109.2 7,264 337.3 367.8 389.1 1,345.2 1,051.8 1,106.3 157.6 116.1 7,455 333.4 370.1 405.6 1,390.5 1,098.1 1,110.3 163.4 110.7 7,466 331.8 368.7 406.4 1,396.1 1,101.8 1,109.0 164.3 109.7 7,479 330.4 365.7 410.2 1,401.8 1,104.3 1,110.7 164.3 109.5 13 -1.4 -3.0 3.8 5.7 2.5 1.7 0.0 -0.2 381.4 403.7 365.2 1,371.2 711.8 355.8 571.4 387.3 402.4 372.6 1,447.7 767.1 347.9 574.6 386.2 401.4 370.6 1,448.5 766.2 351.2 575.7 387.4 402.5 373.4 1,450.9 771.0 352.6 577.7 383.2 404.3 366.5 1,372.6 710.7 354.4 573.4 387.6 403.2 374.7 1,443.6 762.3 351.4 577.4 387.0 402.9 373.0 1,448.0 764.2 352.7 578.3 389.0 402.9 374.2 1,452.1 770.0 350.6 579.1 2.0 0.0 1.2 4.1 5.8 -2.1 0.8 Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Food manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beverages and tobacco products. . . . . . . . . . . . Textile mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Textile product mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leather and allied products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paper and paper products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Printing and related support activities. . . . . . . . Petroleum and coal products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chemicals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Plastics and rubber products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,440 1,441.1 185.7 121.9 118.2 152.7 28.8 388.2 471.0 113.5 783.4 635.3 4,427 1,425.8 189.8 120.0 113.1 149.7 30.1 392.0 454.4 111.0 798.4 642.7 4,433 1,428.0 191.9 119.9 114.2 150.6 30.2 390.2 455.6 113.9 795.4 642.8 4,457 1,441.2 199.0 119.7 114.8 150.3 29.7 390.7 456.9 115.2 794.7 645.0 4,462 1,460.7 186.9 121.1 118.0 152.7 28.9 389.5 471.5 112.3 785.0 635.2 4,477 1,454.8 196.8 120.1 114.0 150.4 30.1 394.3 456.3 114.5 799.9 645.5 4,475 1,457.3 197.0 119.7 114.1 150.3 30.2 392.6 457.5 114.6 797.3 644.7 4,474 1,458.5 199.7 119.0 114.0 149.8 29.8 391.8 457.1 114.1 796.1 643.9 -1 1.2 2.7 -0.7 -0.1 -0.5 -0.4 -0.8 -0.4 -0.5 -1.2 -0.8 Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91,347 91,786 92,447 93,010 91,096 92,553 92,636 92,733 97 Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,941 24,937 25,054 25,270 24,993 25,243 25,264 25,318 54 Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electronic markets and agents and brokers.. . 5,533.3 2,753.8 1,945.1 834.4 5,562.7 2,767.2 1,947.0 848.5 5,588.7 2,770.4 1,965.4 852.9 5,632.6 2,789.0 1,984.2 859.4 5,525.2 2,754.0 1,937.3 833.9 5,595.6 2,780.8 1,962.7 852.1 5,606.7 2,781.4 1,969.7 855.6 5,622.6 2,788.8 1,975.5 858.3 15.9 7.4 5.8 2.7 Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Motor vehicle and parts dealers1 . . . . . . . . . . . . Automobile dealers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Furniture and home furnishings stores. . . . . . . 14,569.4 1,691.7 1,053.7 433.7 14,495.5 1,704.6 1,074.9 442.7 14,590.4 1,718.2 1,080.1 441.3 14,696.5 1,722.4 1,083.7 444.1 14,626.1 1,684.0 1,053.0 441.0 14,726.3 1,719.1 1,080.1 449.7 14,753.3 1,717.2 1,081.1 449.1 14,755.6 1,715.8 1,083.5 451.8 2.3 -1.4 2.4 2.7 See footnotes at end of table. ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail — Continued [In thousands] Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted May 2011 Mar. 2012 Apr. 2012p May 2012p May 2011 Mar. 2012 Apr. 2012p May 2012p Change from: Apr.2012 May2012p Electronics and appliance stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . Building material and garden supply stores.. . Food and beverage stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Health and personal care stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . Gasoline stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clothing and clothing accessories stores. . . . . Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General merchandise stores1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Department stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miscellaneous store retailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonstore retailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523.1 1,210.7 2,823.8 976.6 831.9 1,308.3 504.1 1,150.7 2,834.0 987.8 817.6 1,314.8 503.1 1,205.1 2,835.8 988.3 824.8 1,321.3 495.8 1,220.6 2,867.6 992.0 833.7 1,328.9 531.7 1,145.3 2,824.6 978.1 829.2 1,348.3 509.1 1,154.7 2,863.0 994.7 829.9 1,365.7 509.3 1,158.1 2,861.7 996.3 830.6 1,365.1 504.6 1,149.8 2,867.8 993.5 830.4 1,371.8 -4.7 -8.3 6.1 -2.8 -0.2 6.7 559.3 3,020.8 1,497.0 769.2 420.3 548.6 3,015.4 1,503.3 749.0 426.2 551.0 3,021.4 1,498.0 757.9 422.2 558.6 3,028.2 1,494.2 779.5 425.1 577.5 3,067.3 1,538.7 767.2 431.9 566.9 3,067.8 1,541.5 768.9 436.8 570.3 3,087.5 1,546.7 771.5 436.6 573.9 3,083.4 1,542.5 775.8 437.0 3.6 -4.1 -4.2 4.3 0.4 Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Air transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rail transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Water transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Truck transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transit and ground passenger transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pipeline transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scenic and sightseeing transportation. . . . . . . . Support activities for transportation. . . . . . . . . . . Couriers and messengers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Warehousing and storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,283.4 456.4 228.1 62.5 1,293.4 4,318.3 456.5 232.5 65.7 1,307.9 4,314.3 456.9 233.7 65.2 1,317.7 4,378.7 458.1 234.1 66.3 1,339.3 4,287.0 456.2 228.9 62.5 1,298.7 4,359.3 457.5 233.5 67.5 1,333.3 4,342.8 458.6 233.9 66.3 1,336.0 4,378.4 457.7 234.4 66.1 1,343.3 35.6 -0.9 0.5 -0.2 7.3 454.8 42.8 31.5 560.2 515.3 638.4 444.3 43.7 26.2 578.3 519.2 644.0 430.4 43.6 29.2 580.9 510.7 646.0 455.4 43.8 33.8 583.6 516.7 647.6 436.8 42.9 29.3 561.7 525.5 644.5 431.6 43.8 32.8 582.1 528.3 648.9 417.3 43.9 32.5 581.7 520.9 651.7 437.4 43.9 31.6 584.9 526.0 653.1 20.1 0.0 -0.9 3.2 5.1 1.4 Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555.1 560.8 560.9 561.9 554.7 561.8 561.2 561.2 0.0 Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Publishing industries, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . Motion picture and sound recording industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Broadcasting, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Telecommunications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Data processing, hosting and related services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other information services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,676 745.8 2,625 739.0 2,627 738.0 2,634 736.0 2,671 749.1 2,631 740.9 2,630 740.3 2,628 739.7 -2 -0.6 371.8 279.7 876.2 356.3 281.8 838.9 365.4 281.7 833.5 375.7 280.8 832.2 361.7 281.9 878.2 360.2 282.2 838.6 364.9 282.0 835.5 364.9 282.2 833.5 0.0 0.2 -2.0 246.3 156.3 242.5 166.6 242.6 165.6 242.3 166.5 244.2 156.2 241.7 167.6 240.9 166.4 240.6 166.6 -0.3 0.2 Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Finance and insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Monetary authorities - central bank. . . . . . . . . . . Credit intermediation and related activities1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Depository credit intermediation1 . . . . . . . . . . Commercial banking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Securities, commodity contracts, investments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Insurance carriers and related activities. . . . . . Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles. . . Real estate and rental and leasing. . . . . . . . . . . . . Real estate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rental and leasing services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets. . . . . 7,684 5,749.2 18.7 7,681 5,762.4 18.8 7,695 5,757.1 18.9 7,721 5,755.6 17.8 7,693 5,758.4 18.7 7,717 5,763.6 18.7 7,721 5,765.4 18.7 7,724 5,761.6 17.9 3 -3.8 -0.8 2,558.7 1,738.4 1,316.3 2,585.3 1,752.0 1,325.4 2,578.0 1,747.5 1,320.2 2,575.4 1,743.5 1,316.2 2,564.2 1,741.7 1,319.8 2,582.9 1,752.6 1,325.5 2,579.7 1,748.7 1,321.8 2,577.6 1,745.2 1,319.5 -2.1 -3.5 -2.3 804.5 2,282.0 85.3 1,934.7 1,408.9 501.8 24.0 800.2 2,273.5 84.6 1,918.4 1,394.9 500.0 23.5 797.5 2,278.4 84.3 1,938.3 1,410.0 504.9 23.4 796.7 2,281.1 84.6 1,964.9 1,422.1 519.4 23.4 806.8 2,283.0 85.7 1,934.8 1,409.7 501.0 24.1 800.6 2,276.7 84.7 1,953.5 1,417.1 512.7 23.7 799.5 2,282.6 84.9 1,955.9 1,418.5 513.9 23.5 799.0 2,282.3 84.8 1,962.5 1,421.2 517.8 23.5 -0.5 -0.3 -0.1 6.6 2.7 3.9 0.0 17,291 7,612.4 1,111.5 876.5 1,288.4 17,599 7,964.0 1,110.6 1,091.6 1,299.4 17,793 7,987.9 1,114.4 1,071.6 1,312.5 17,808 7,834.6 1,116.5 894.0 1,321.1 17,298 7,684.6 1,115.1 931.5 1,291.6 17,779 7,892.9 1,115.8 969.5 1,317.1 17,816 7,911.7 1,119.3 965.1 1,323.4 17,815 7,907.7 1,119.9 951.1 1,323.7 -1 -4.0 0.6 -14.0 0.3 1,519.4 1,569.1 1,579.5 1,582.1 1,523.9 1,576.5 1,581.1 1,586.4 5.3 1,061.3 1,911.9 7,766.2 1,109.9 1,933.6 7,701.3 1,118.9 1,932.6 7,872.5 1,122.0 1,940.8 8,032.3 1,066.0 1,914.9 7,698.4 1,119.3 1,939.6 7,946.8 1,124.4 1,941.7 7,962.9 1,126.6 1,943.7 7,963.7 2.2 2.0 0.8 Industry Retail trade - Continued Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Professional and technical services1 . . . . . . . . . . . Legal services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accounting and bookkeeping services. . . . . . . Architectural and engineering services. . . . . . . Computer systems design and related services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Management and technical consulting services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Management of companies and enterprises. . . . Administrative and waste services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . See footnotes at end of table. ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail — Continued [In thousands] Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted May 2011 Mar. 2012 Apr. 2012p May 2012p May 2011 Mar. 2012 Apr. 2012p May 2012p Change from: Apr.2012 May2012p Administrative and support services1 . . . . . . . . Employment services1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Temporary help services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Business support services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Services to buildings and dwellings. . . . . . . . Waste management and remediation services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,402.2 2,932.8 2,300.2 802.9 1,849.7 7,338.1 3,031.2 2,383.8 816.0 1,673.6 7,504.6 3,070.5 2,420.5 809.1 1,797.0 7,661.7 3,151.6 2,493.5 807.3 1,858.2 7,334.2 2,930.5 2,295.9 811.0 1,775.8 7,575.5 3,129.3 2,469.1 813.5 1,799.8 7,591.3 3,142.7 2,481.7 813.3 1,799.1 7,592.8 3,148.8 2,490.9 815.8 1,784.8 1.5 6.1 9.2 2.5 -14.3 364.0 363.2 367.9 370.6 364.2 371.3 371.6 370.9 -0.7 Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Educational services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Health care3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ambulatory health care services1 . . . . . . . . . Offices of physicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Outpatient care centers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Home health care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hospitals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nursing and residential care facilities1 . . . . Nursing care facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Social assistance1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Child day care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,880 3,267.1 16,612.8 13,984.3 6,109.3 2,336.1 620.7 1,130.4 4,711.5 3,163.5 1,667.5 2,628.5 872.4 20,379 3,475.6 16,903.4 14,259.8 6,274.5 2,405.8 649.9 1,169.5 4,802.7 3,182.6 1,660.2 2,643.6 856.4 20,418 3,483.5 16,934.7 14,287.4 6,303.6 2,407.9 652.2 1,185.2 4,798.5 3,185.3 1,658.0 2,647.3 859.4 20,372 3,384.2 16,987.9 14,328.4 6,332.1 2,421.0 656.3 1,194.1 4,804.5 3,191.8 1,658.6 2,659.5 866.0 19,823 3,226.1 16,596.7 14,003.6 6,115.2 2,342.6 620.9 1,130.2 4,721.3 3,167.1 1,668.9 2,593.1 847.5 20,232 3,318.7 16,913.4 14,289.0 6,290.2 2,410.7 649.7 1,172.8 4,808.1 3,190.7 1,664.8 2,624.4 838.3 20,261 3,327.1 16,934.3 14,310.9 6,311.9 2,416.7 651.2 1,184.0 4,809.7 3,189.3 1,660.9 2,623.4 837.8 20,307 3,339.0 16,968.3 14,343.7 6,334.7 2,426.6 655.8 1,190.9 4,814.2 3,194.8 1,660.5 2,624.6 839.9 46 11.9 34.0 32.8 22.8 9.9 4.6 6.9 4.5 5.5 -0.4 1.2 2.1 Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . . . . . . . . . Performing arts and spectator sports. . . . . . . . . Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amusements, gambling, and recreation. . . . . . Accommodation and food services. . . . . . . . . . . . . Accommodation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Food services and drinking places. . . . . . . . . . . 13,517 1,972.5 406.6 13,230 1,797.9 388.3 13,507 1,879.6 413.4 13,819 1,975.5 428.7 13,280 1,899.3 386.6 13,591 1,942.6 409.6 13,585 1,924.0 407.8 13,576 1,905.3 407.7 -9 -18.7 -0.1 136.1 1,429.8 11,544.5 1,786.5 9,758.0 127.6 1,282.0 11,431.6 1,740.7 9,690.9 131.5 1,334.7 11,627.1 1,761.5 9,865.6 136.3 1,410.5 11,843.4 1,814.4 10,029.0 130.7 1,382.0 11,380.2 1,790.6 9,589.6 135.4 1,397.6 11,648.0 1,809.0 9,839.0 133.6 1,382.6 11,661.3 1,813.7 9,847.6 131.6 1,366.0 11,670.2 1,815.5 9,854.7 -2.0 -16.6 8.9 1.8 7.1 Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repair and maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Personal and laundry services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Membership associations and organizations. . . . 5,358 1,168.3 1,297.3 2,892.4 5,335 1,156.1 1,287.2 2,891.4 5,353 1,160.3 1,296.2 2,896.7 5,386 1,166.7 1,308.1 2,911.4 5,338 1,158.9 1,282.8 2,896.1 5,360 1,158.8 1,293.4 2,908.1 5,359 1,157.3 1,292.6 2,908.7 5,365 1,157.8 1,293.3 2,913.4 6 0.5 0.7 4.7 Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Federal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Federal, except U.S. Postal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.S. Postal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . State government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . State government education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . State government, excluding education. . . . . . . . . . . Local government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Local government education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Local government, excluding education. . . . . . . . . . . 22,535 2,871.0 2,237.5 633.2 5,120.0 2,404.7 2,715.3 14,544.0 8,278.9 6,265.0 22,405 2,811.0 2,197.5 613.8 5,212.0 2,563.4 2,648.9 14,382.0 8,230.7 6,151.0 22,401 2,823.0 2,201.2 622.1 5,222.0 2,568.4 2,654.0 14,356.0 8,185.6 6,170.4 22,390 2,823.0 2,210.7 612.2 5,111.0 2,447.6 2,662.9 14,456.0 8,217.1 6,238.8 22,130 2,869.0 2,232.5 636.8 5,087.0 2,376.6 2,710.2 14,174.0 7,899.2 6,274.3 21,992 2,826.0 2,208.6 617.7 5,073.0 2,414.3 2,658.3 14,093.0 7,845.8 6,246.7 21,982 2,824.0 2,206.1 618.2 5,078.0 2,420.5 2,657.3 14,080.0 7,833.9 6,245.6 21,969 2,819.0 2,204.1 615.3 5,073.0 2,416.8 2,656.2 14,077.0 7,830.6 6,246.0 -13 -5.0 -2.0 -2.9 -5.0 -3.7 -1.1 -3.0 -3.3 0.4 Industry Administrative and waste services - Continued 1 Includes other industries, not shown separately. 2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts. 3 Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities. p Preliminary ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-2. Average weekly hours and overtime of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted May 2011 Mar. 2012 Apr. 2012p May 2012p AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS Total private............................................................................. . Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Construction.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Durable goods... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................................................. . Nondurable goods.............................................................. . Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Retail trade...................................................................... . Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Utilities........................................................................... . Information......................................................................... . Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other services..................................................................... . 34.4 40.0 44.7 38.4 40.5 40.8 39.9 33.3 34.5 38.6 31.5 38.7 42.0 36.6 37.2 35.7 33.0 25.8 31.8 34.5 40.2 44.1 38.5 40.7 41.1 40.0 33.4 34.7 38.7 31.9 38.2 41.4 36.6 37.2 35.9 32.9 26.1 31.7 34.5 40.3 44.0 38.7 40.8 41.1 40.1 33.3 34.6 38.6 31.8 38.3 41.7 36.5 37.2 35.9 32.9 26.1 31.6 34.4 40.1 43.7 38.5 40.5 40.9 39.9 33.2 34.5 38.6 31.5 38.2 41.5 36.3 37.1 35.8 32.9 26.0 31.6 AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS Manufacturing........................................................................... . Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nondurable goods................................................................... . 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.2 Industry p Preliminary ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings Industry May 2011 Mar. 2012 Apr. 2012p May 2012p Total private................................................ . Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Retail trade......................................... . Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Utilities.............. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................. . Information............................................ . Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other services........................................ . $23.02 24.39 28.23 25.38 23.67 25.19 21.15 22.70 20.00 26.30 15.84 21.52 33.66 31.59 27.73 27.65 23.61 13.24 20.41 $23.37 24.67 28.82 25.65 23.92 25.31 21.54 23.07 20.29 26.66 16.10 21.94 33.68 31.65 28.83 28.03 24.07 13.32 20.55 $23.39 24.70 28.77 25.68 23.96 25.35 21.58 23.07 20.32 26.65 16.13 22.02 33.72 31.74 28.85 27.98 24.05 13.35 20.54 $23.41 24.69 28.74 25.75 23.92 25.29 21.57 23.11 20.36 26.70 16.14 22.02 33.54 31.76 29.01 28.04 24.06 13.29 20.59 p Preliminary May 2011 Mar. 2012 Apr. 2012p May 2012p $ 791.89 $ 806.27 $ 806.96 $ 805.30 975.60 991.73 995.41 990.07 1,261.88 1,270.96 1,265.88 1,255.94 974.59 987.53 993.82 991.38 958.64 973.54 977.57 968.76 1,027.75 1,040.24 1,041.89 1,034.36 843.89 861.60 865.36 860.64 755.91 770.54 768.23 767.25 690.00 704.06 703.07 702.42 1,015.18 1,031.74 1,028.69 1,030.62 498.96 513.59 512.93 508.41 832.82 838.11 843.37 841.16 1,413.72 1,394.35 1,406.12 1,391.91 1,156.19 1,158.39 1,158.51 1,152.89 1,031.56 1,072.48 1,073.22 1,076.27 987.11 1,006.28 1,004.48 1,003.83 779.13 791.90 791.25 791.57 341.59 347.65 348.44 345.54 649.04 651.44 649.06 650.64 ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-4. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours and payrolls for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted [2007=100] Index of aggregate weekly hours1 Index of aggregate weekly payrolls2 Industry May 2011 Mar. 2012 Apr. 2012p May 2012p Percent change from: Apr. 2012 May 2012p Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Construction................................. . Manufacturing............................... . Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . . . . . Wholesale trade.......................... . Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Professional and business services...... . Education and health services. . . . ........ . Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.0 82.0 109.1 72.8 85.4 83.4 88.9 97.4 93.8 93.1 93.6 95.0 100.8 89.3 94.3 97.1 106.5 97.8 94.1 95.9 83.9 116.0 73.6 87.4 86.3 89.4 99.3 95.3 94.5 95.4 95.3 100.6 87.9 94.6 100.4 108.4 101.2 94.1 95.9 84.1 115.7 74.0 87.6 86.4 89.6 99.1 95.1 94.4 95.3 95.2 101.3 87.7 94.6 100.6 108.5 101.2 93.8 95.7 83.6 115.1 73.2 87.1 86.1 89.1 98.9 95.0 94.7 94.4 95.7 100.8 87.1 94.4 100.3 108.8 100.7 93.9 -0.2 -0.6 -0.5 -1.1 -0.6 -0.3 -0.6 -0.2 -0.1 0.3 -0.9 0.5 -0.5 -0.7 -0.2 -0.3 0.3 -0.5 0.1 May 2011 Mar. 2012 Apr. 2012p May 2012p Percent change from: Apr. 2012 May 2012p 103.2 90.4 123.7 80.3 94.0 93.4 95.4 107.1 100.9 102.1 98.0 103.7 112.1 100.4 102.1 108.8 117.8 104.4 108.9 106.8 93.5 134.2 82.1 97.2 97.0 97.7 111.0 104.0 105.1 101.6 106.1 112.0 99.1 106.5 114.0 122.2 108.8 109.8 107.0 93.9 133.7 82.5 97.7 97.3 98.1 110.7 104.0 105.0 101.6 106.4 112.8 99.1 106.6 114.0 122.3 109.0 109.4 106.9 93.3 132.8 81.9 96.9 96.7 97.5 110.7 104.1 105.5 100.7 107.0 111.7 98.5 106.9 114.0 122.6 108.0 109.8 -0.1 -0.6 -0.7 -0.7 -0.8 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0.1 0.5 -0.9 0.6 -1.0 -0.6 0.3 0.0 0.2 -0.9 0.4 1 The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding 2007 annual average aggregate hours. Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and employment. 2 The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate weekly payrolls by the corresponding 2007 annual average aggregate weekly payrolls. Aggregate payrolls estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly earnings, average weekly hours, and employment. p Preliminary ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-5. Employment of women on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted Women employees (in thousands) Percent of all employees Industry May 2011 Mar. 2012 Apr. 2012p May 2012p May 2011 Mar. 2012 Apr. 2012p May 2012p Total nonfarm.............. . . . . . . . . . . . ..................... . Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goods-producing..................................... . Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manufacturing...................................... . Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Financial activities................................. . Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leisure and hospitality............................ . Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,968 52,324 4,057 104 704 3,249 1,717 1,532 48,267 10,037 1,659.3 7,232.4 1,009.7 135.4 1,084 4,496 7,682 15,229 6,927 2,812 12,644 65,540 52,974 4,076 112 707 3,257 1,729 1,528 48,898 10,037 1,682.5 7,204.2 1,010.8 139.3 1,063 4,485 7,880 15,520 7,094 2,819 12,566 65,624 53,060 4,087 112 709 3,266 1,734 1,532 48,973 10,055 1,686.1 7,223.0 1,006.1 140.0 1,064 4,477 7,901 15,545 7,103 2,828 12,564 65,719 53,158 4,086 112 705 3,269 1,735 1,534 49,072 10,091 1,689.2 7,248.2 1,013.0 140.1 1,062 4,474 7,906 15,594 7,107 2,838 12,561 49.5 48.0 22.5 13.4 12.8 27.7 23.6 34.3 53.0 40.2 30.0 49.4 23.6 24.4 40.6 58.4 44.4 76.8 52.2 52.7 57.1 49.3 47.8 22.3 13.4 12.7 27.3 23.2 34.1 52.8 39.8 30.1 48.9 23.2 24.8 40.4 58.1 44.3 76.7 52.2 52.6 57.1 49.4 47.8 22.3 13.4 12.8 27.4 23.2 34.2 52.9 39.8 30.1 49.0 23.2 24.9 40.5 58.0 44.3 76.7 52.3 52.8 57.2 49.4 47.9 22.3 13.4 12.8 27.3 23.2 34.3 52.9 39.9 30.0 49.1 23.1 25.0 40.4 57.9 44.4 76.8 52.3 52.9 57.2 p Preliminary NOTE: Data in this table have been corrected. For more information see http://www.bls.gov/bls/ceswomen_usps_correction.htm. ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-6. Employment of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted1 [In thousands] Industry May 2011 Mar. 2012 Apr. 2012p May 2012p Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goods-producing....... . . . . . . . . . . . ..................................................... . Mining and logging.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Construction.......................................................................... . Manufacturing........................................................................ . Durable goods..................................................................... . Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trade, transportation, and utilities................................................. . Wholesale trade................................................................... . Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transportation and warehousing................................................ . Utilities.............................................................................. . Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Financial activities... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............ . Professional and business services............................................... . Education and health services..................................................... . Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............... . Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89,929 12,967 584 4,155 8,228 4,977 3,251 76,962 21,164 4,428.0 12,601.5 3,690.9 443.6 2,146 5,895 14,213 17,362 11,713 4,469 91,595 13,241 633 4,199 8,409 5,143 3,266 78,354 21,422 4,503.6 12,708.9 3,761.8 447.5 2,119 5,924 14,658 17,741 12,003 4,487 91,688 13,239 635 4,184 8,420 5,157 3,263 78,449 21,454 4,515.3 12,733.8 3,757.7 446.7 2,120 5,932 14,695 17,768 11,998 4,482 91,741 13,213 633 4,146 8,434 5,171 3,263 78,528 21,500 4,532.9 12,732.0 3,791.3 443.4 2,118 5,942 14,702 17,803 11,984 4,479 1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls. p Preliminary ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-7. Average weekly hours and overtime of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted1 May 2011 Mar. 2012 Apr. 2012p May 2012p AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS Total private............................................................................. . Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Construction.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Durable goods... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................................................. . Nondurable goods.............................................................. . Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Retail trade...................................................................... . Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Utilities........................................................................... . Information......................................................................... . Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other services..................................................................... . 33.6 40.9 46.5 39.1 41.5 41.8 40.9 32.4 33.7 38.6 30.4 37.9 42.4 36.4 36.4 35.2 32.3 24.8 30.8 33.7 41.2 47.2 39.3 41.6 42.1 40.9 32.5 33.8 38.6 30.7 37.7 40.4 36.0 36.7 35.2 32.4 25.0 30.7 33.7 41.2 47.6 39.3 41.7 42.1 41.0 32.4 33.8 38.6 30.6 37.8 41.1 35.9 36.6 35.2 32.3 24.9 30.6 33.7 41.0 46.9 39.0 41.5 41.9 40.8 32.5 33.8 38.5 30.6 38.1 41.2 35.7 36.5 35.3 32.3 24.9 30.5 AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS Manufacturing........................................................................... . Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nondurable goods................................................................... . 4.1 4.2 4.0 4.2 4.4 4.0 4.2 4.4 3.9 4.1 4.3 3.9 Industry 1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls. p Preliminary ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-8. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted1 Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings Industry May 2011 Mar. 2012 Apr. 2012p May 2012p Total private................................................ . Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Retail trade......................................... . Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Utilities.............. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................. . Information............................................ . Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other services........................................ . $19.43 20.63 24.46 23.57 18.92 20.11 17.05 19.18 17.12 21.98 13.43 19.45 30.84 26.61 21.80 23.10 20.71 11.49 17.28 $19.67 20.89 25.62 23.93 19.06 20.16 17.28 19.41 17.36 22.14 13.78 19.58 31.11 26.79 22.45 23.24 21.01 11.58 17.37 $19.71 20.93 25.77 23.91 19.12 20.21 17.36 19.45 17.39 22.17 13.77 19.63 31.58 26.93 22.53 23.25 21.04 11.64 17.38 $19.70 20.91 25.66 23.98 19.09 20.19 17.29 19.44 17.39 22.20 13.83 19.44 31.29 26.63 22.58 23.27 21.00 11.58 17.41 May 2011 Mar. 2012 Apr. 2012p May 2012p $ 652.85 $ 662.88 $ 664.23 $ 663.89 843.77 860.67 862.32 857.31 1,137.39 1,209.26 1,226.65 1,203.45 921.59 940.45 939.66 935.22 785.18 792.90 797.30 792.24 840.60 848.74 850.84 845.96 697.35 706.75 711.76 705.43 621.43 630.83 630.18 631.80 576.94 586.77 587.78 587.78 848.43 854.60 855.76 854.70 408.27 423.05 421.36 423.20 737.16 738.17 742.01 740.66 1,307.62 1,256.84 1,297.94 1,289.15 968.60 964.44 966.79 950.69 793.52 823.92 824.60 824.17 813.12 818.05 818.40 821.43 668.93 680.72 679.59 678.30 284.95 289.50 289.84 288.34 532.22 533.26 531.83 531.01 1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls. p Preliminary ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-9. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours and payrolls for production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted1 [2002=100] Index of aggregate weekly hours2 Index of aggregate weekly payrolls3 Industry May 2011 Mar. 2012 Apr. 2012p May 2012p Percent change from: Apr. 2012 May 2012p Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Construction................................. . Manufacturing............................... . Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . . . . . Wholesale trade.......................... . Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Professional and business services...... . Education and health services. . . . ........ . Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.0 81.0 144.3 81.3 78.4 78.2 78.3 106.6 99.4 100.7 97.0 105.3 96.2 89.2 102.7 112.1 121.0 106.4 96.5 103.1 83.4 158.8 82.6 80.3 81.4 78.7 108.9 100.9 102.4 98.8 106.8 92.5 87.1 104.0 115.6 124.0 109.9 96.6 103.2 83.4 160.6 82.3 80.6 81.6 78.8 108.7 101.1 102.6 98.6 106.9 93.9 86.9 103.9 115.9 123.8 109.4 96.2 103.3 82.8 157.8 81.0 80.3 81.4 78.4 109.1 101.3 102.8 98.6 108.7 93.4 86.3 103.8 116.3 124.0 109.3 95.8 0.1 -0.7 -1.7 -1.6 -0.4 -0.2 -0.5 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.0 1.7 -0.5 -0.7 -0.1 0.3 0.2 -0.1 -0.4 May 2011 Mar. 2012 Apr. 2012p May 2012p Percent change from: Apr. 2012 May 2012p 131.1 102.4 205.3 103.5 97.0 98.2 94.4 140.2 121.4 130.3 111.6 129.9 123.8 117.4 138.4 154.1 164.7 138.8 121.5 135.5 106.7 236.6 106.8 100.1 102.4 96.1 144.9 125.0 133.5 116.6 132.6 120.1 115.5 144.4 159.9 171.3 144.5 122.3 136.0 106.8 240.7 106.3 100.8 103.0 96.7 144.9 125.4 134.0 116.4 133.1 123.8 115.8 144.7 160.4 171.2 144.7 121.8 136.0 106.0 235.4 104.8 100.3 102.6 95.8 145.5 125.7 134.4 116.9 134.1 122.0 113.8 144.9 161.1 171.2 143.7 121.5 0.0 -0.7 -2.2 -1.4 -0.5 -0.4 -0.9 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.8 -1.5 -1.7 0.1 0.4 0.0 -0.7 -0.2 1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls. 2 The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding 2002 annual average aggregate hours. Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and employment. 3 The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate weekly payrolls by the corresponding 2002 annual average aggregate weekly payrolls. Aggregate payrolls estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly earnings, average weekly hours, and employment. p Preliminary
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