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- 2 The civilian labor force continued to expand, rising by 255,000 in
November to a seasonally adjusted level of 120.6 million. The labor force
participation rate remained at a high of 65.7 percent. Over the year, the
labor force has grown by 2.0 million, with adult women accounting for about
three-fifths of the increase. Hispanics comprised
about a quarter of the
over-the-year gain.
Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted

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THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:

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DECEMBER 4, 1987

Nonagricultural payroll employment, as measured by the monthly survey
of business establishments, rose by 275,000, and civilian employment, as
measured by the household survey, rose by 315,000.
Both surveys showed
increases of roughly 3 million from a year earlier.

Oct.Nov.
change

Category
1987

NOVEMBER 1987

Employment continued to rise in November, while unemployment remained
at about the same level that has prevailed since early summer, the Bureau
of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The
overall jobless rate was 5.8 percent, and the civilian worker rate was 5.9
percent.

Monthly data

Quarterly
averages

II 1

1987

|

III

Sept.

Oct.

Nov. 1

persons
122,102
114,928
120,361,
113,187
7,174
62,950
N.A.

122,371
115,255
120,616
113,500!
7,116
62,854
N.A.

HOUSEHOLD DATA
121,341|
113,906
119,615
112,180
7,435
62,912
1,037

Total employment 1/..
Civilian labor force...
Civ ilian employment..

Discouraged workers..

Thousands of
121,771 121,604
114,593 114,515
120,038 119,861
112,860 112,772
7,089
7,178
63,300
62,978
N.A.
1,011

269
327
255
313
-58
-96
N.A.

Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
Percent of labor force
The number of unemployed persons, at 7.1 million in November, and the
civilian unemployment rate, at 5.9 percent, were little changed from
October, after seasonal adjustment. These measures have shown little or no
movement since June.
However, the November unemployment level was 1.1
million lower than a year earlier, and the jobless rate was down a full
percentage point over this period. (See table A-2.)
Unemployment rates for virtually all major labor force groups were
about unchanged from October to November, but, as with the overall rate,
there has been considerable improvement for most groups over the past year.
For example, jobless rates for adult men (5.0 percent ) , adult women (5.2
percent), whites (5.1 percent), and blacks (12.1 percent) all were down
substantially from November 1986. The teenage rate (16.8 percent) has
edged down only slightly. The jobless rate for manufacturing workers, at
5.3 percent, was down nearly 2 percentage points from a year earlier. (See
tables A-2, A-3, and A-6.)

Unemployment rates:
6.1
6.2
5.5
5.4
17.0
5.3
13.2
8.8

All civilian workers.

White
Black
Hispanic origin....

Civilian employment rose by 315,000 in November, after seasonal
adjustment, following a substantial increase in the prior month. All of
the employment growth occurred among adults.
The proportion of the
population that is employed increased by two-tenths of a percentage point,
reaching a new high of 61.9 percent. (See table A-Z.)




5.8
5.9
5.0
5.4
16.3
5.1
12.3
8.2

5.9
6.0
5.1
5.2
17.4
5.2
12.0
8.3

5.8
5.9
5.0
5.2
16.8
5.1
12.1
9.1

-0.1
-.1
-.1
0
-.6

-.1
.1
.8

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
101,708
24,757
76,951

Service-producing....

Both the mean and median duration of unemployment, at 13.8 and 6.1
weeks, respectively, were about unchanged from October. (See table A-7.)
Civilian Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

5.9
6.0
5.2
5.4
15.9
5.1
12.4
8.0

Thousands of jobs
p274
102,278 102,434 pl02,970 pl03,244
24,884
24,917 P25,053 p25,152
p99
77,394
77,517 p77,917 p78,092 i pl75

Hours of work
Average weekly hours:

1

34.8
40.9 !

34.8
40.9

3.7 1

3.7

If
Includes the resident Armed Forces.
p=preliminary.

34.6
40.6 1
3.6

P34.9
P41.3
p4.0

p34.9
P41.2
P3.9

P0
p-0.1
p-.l

N.A.=not available.

- 3 Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)
Total nonagricultural employment, at 103.2 million, rose by 275,000 in
November, seasonally adjusted.
The goods-producing sector was unusually
strong, accounting for more than a third of the job gain. (See table B-l.)
Factory employment rose by 70,000 in November, following a similar
advance in October.
Job growth was widespread in both the durable and
nondurable goods components, as nearly all of the 20 individual industries
showed gains.
Since June, the number of factory jobs has increased by
300,000.
Elsewhere in the goods sector, construction employment increased
by 35,000 after seasonal adjustment, as seasonal layoffs were fewer than
usual (following weak summer hiring).
Employment in the service-producing sector rose by 175,000 in
November. There was a 90,000 increase in the services industry, paced by
gains in health services; transportation and public utilities and wholesale
trade each added 25,000 jobs; and the finance, insurance, and real estate
industry posted a 15,000 gain. However, retail trade employment was about
unchanged after seasonal adjustment, primarily because holiday-related
hiring in one of its major components—general merchandise stores—was less
than seasonally expected.
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
The average workweek of production or nonsupervisory workers on
private nonagricultural payrolls was unchanged at 34.9 hours in November,
seasonally adjusted.
In manufacturing, both the workweek (41.2 hours) and
overtime (3.9 hours), while down fractionally over the month, were at
historically high levels. (See table B-2.)
The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory
workers on private nonagricultural payrolls rose 0.2 percent to 122.2
(1977=100) seasonally adjusted, as a result of the employment gains. The
manufacturing index rose 0.3 percent to 95.3. (See table B-5.)
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
Both average hourly earnings and average weekly earnings rose by 0.6
percent in November, seasonally adjusted.
Before seasonal adjustment,
average hourly earnings rose by 5 cents to $9.14, and average weekly
earnings were up 83 cents to $318.07.
Over the past 12 months, hourly
earnings have risen 26 cents and weekly earnings have increased by $9.93.
(See table B-3.)
The Hourly Earnings Index (Establishment Survey Data)
The Hourly Earnings Index (HEI) was 175.7 (1977=100) in November,
seasonally adjusted, an increase of 0.5 percent from October. For the 12
months endeG in November, the increase was 2.6 percent. The HEI excludes




- 4 the effects of two types of changes unrelated to underlying wage rate
movements—fluctuations
in
manufacturing
overtime and interindustry
employment shifts. In dollars of constant purchasing power, the HEI
decreased 1.8 percent during the 12-month period ended in October. (See
table B-4.)

Revisions in Household Survey Data
In accordance with usual practice, the Employment Situation release of
December data will incorporate annual revisions in seasonally adjusted
unemployment and other labor force series.
Seasonally adjusted data for
the most recent 5 years are subject to revision.
The Employment Situation for December 1987 will be released on Friday,
January 8, 1988, at 8:30 A.M. (EST). Release dates for the balance of 1988
are as follows:




Feb. 5
March 4
April 1

May 6
June 3
July 8

Aug. 5
Sept. 2
Oct. 7

Nov. 4
Dec. 2

Explanatory Note

This news release presents statistics from two major surveys,
the Current Population Survey (household survey) and the
Current Employment Statistics Survey (establishment survey).
The household survey provides the information on the labor
force, total employment, and unemployment that appears in
the A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA. It is a sample
survey of about 59,500 households that is conducted by the
Bureau of the Census with most of the findings analyzed and
published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
The establishment survey provides the information on the
employment, hours, and earnings of workers on
nonagricultural payrolls that appears in the B tables, marked
ESTABLISHMENT DATA. This information is collected
from payroll records by BLS in cooperation with State agencies.
The sample includes over 290,000 establishments employing
over 38 million people.
For both surveys, the data for a given month are actually
collected for and relate to a particular week. In the household
survey, unless otherwise indicated, it is the calendar week that
contains the 12th day of the month, which is called the survey
week. In the establishment survey, the reference week is the
pay period including the 12th, which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week.
The data in this release are affected by a number of technical
factors, including definitions, survey differences, seasonal adjustments, and the inevitable variance in results between a
survey of a sample and a census of the entire population. Each
of these factors is explained below.
Coverage, definitions, and differences
between surveys
The sample households in the household survey are selected
so as to reflect the entire civilian noninstitutional population
16 years of age and older. Each person in a household is
classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the labor force.
Those who hold more than one job are classified according to
the job at which they worked the most hours.
People are classified as employed if they did any work at all
as paid civilians; worked in their own business or profession or
on their own farm; or worked 15 hours or more in an enterprise operated by a member of their family, whether they were
paid or not. People are also counted as employed if they were
on unpaid leave because of illness, bad weather, disputes between labor and management, or personal reasons. Members
of the Armed Forces stationed in the United States are also included in the employed total.
People are classified as unemployed, regardless of their
eligibility for unemployment benefits or public assistance, if
they meet all of the following criteria: They had no employment during the survey week; they were available for work at




that time; and they made specific efforts to find employment
sometime during the prior 4 weeks. Persons laid off from their
former jobs and awaiting recall and those expecting to report
to a job within 30 days need not be looking for work to be
counted as unemployed.
The labor force equals the sum of the number employed and
the number unemployed. The unemployment rate is the
percentage of unemployed people in the labor force (civilian
plus the resident Armed Forces). Table A-5 presents a special
grouping of seven measures of unemployment based on varying definitions of unemployment and the labor force. The
definitions are provided in the table. The most restrictive
definition yields U-l and the most comprehensive yields U-7.
The overall unemployment rate is U-5a, while U-5b represents
the same measure with a civilian labor force base.
Unlike the household survey, the establishment survey only
counts wage and salary employees whose names appear on the
payroll records of nonagricultural firms. As a result, there are
many differences between the two surveys, among which are
the following:
— The household survey, although based on a smaller sample, reflects a
larger segment of the population; the establishment survey excludes agriculture,
the self-employed, unpaid family workers, private household workers, and
members of the resident Armed Forces;
— The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the
employed; the establishment survey does not;
— The household survey is limited to those 16 years of age and older; the
establishment survey is not limited by age;
— The household survey has no duplication of individuals, because each individual is counted only once; in the establishment survey, employees working at
more than one job or otherwise appearing on more than one payroll would be
counted separately for each appearance.

Other differences between the two surveys are described in
"Comparing Employment Estimates from Household and
Payroll Surveys," which may be obtained from the BLS upon
request.
Seasonal adjustment
Over the course of a year, the size of the Nation's labor
force and the levels of employment and unemployment
undergo sharp fluctuations due to such seasonal events as
changes in weather, reduced or expanded production, harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools.
For example, the labor force increases by a large number each
June, when schools close and many young people enter the job
market. The effect of such seasonal variation can be very
large; over the course of a year, for example, seasonality may
account for as much as 95 percent of the month-to-month
changes in unemployment.

Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular
pattern each year, their influence on statistical trends can be
eliminated by adjusting the statistics from month to month.
These adjustments make nonseasonal developments, such as
declines in economic activity or increases in the participation
of women in the labor force, easier to spot. To return to the
school's-out example, the large number of people entering the
labor force each June is likely to obscure any other changes
that have taken place since May, making it difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or declined.
However, because the effect of students finishing school in
previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can
be adjusted to allow for a comparable change. Insofar as the
seasonal adjustment is made correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful tool with which to analyze changes in
economic activity.
Measures of labor force, employment, and unemployment
contain components such as age and sex. Statistics for all
employees, production workers, average weekly hours, and
average hourly earnings include components based on the
employer's industry. All these statistics can be seasonally adjusted either by adjusting the total or by adjusting each of the
components and combining them. The second procedure
usually yields more accurate information and is therefore
followed by BLS. For example, the seasonally adjusted figure
for the labor force is the sum of eight seasonally adjusted
civilian employment components, plus the resident Armed
Forces total (not adjusted for seasonality), and four seasonally
adjusted unemployment components; the total for unemployment is the sum of the four unemployment components; and
the overall unemployment rate is derived by dividing the
resulting estimate of total unemployment by the estimate of
the labor force.
The numerical factors used to make the seasonal adjustments are recalculated regularly. For the household
survey, the factors are calculated for the January-June period
and again for the July-December period. The January revision
is applied to data that have been published over the previous 5
years. For the establishment survey, updated factors for
seasonal adjustment are calculated only once a year, along
with the introduction of new benchmarks which are discussed
at the end of the next section.
Sampling variability
Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys
are subject to sampling error, that is, the estimate of the
number of people employed and the other estimates drawn
from these surveys probably differ from the figures that would
be obtained from a complete census, even if the same questionnaires and procedures were used. In the household survey, the
amount of the differences can be expressed in terms of standard errors. The numerical value of a standard error depends
upon the size of the sample, the results of the survey, and other
factors. However, the numerical value is always such that the
chances are approximately 68 out of 100 that an estimate based
on the sample will differ by no more than the standard error




from the results of a complete census. The chances are approximately 90 out of 100 that an estimate based on the sample will
differ by no more than 1.6 times the standard error from the
results of a complete census. At approximately the 90-percent
level of confidence—the confidence limits used by BLS in its
analyses—the error for the monthly change in total employment is on the order of plus or minus 328,000; for total
unemployment it is 220,000; and, for the overall unemployment rate, it is 0.19 percentage point. These figures do not
mean that the sample results are off by these magnitudes but,
rather, that the chances are approximately 90 out of 100 that
the "true" level or rate would not be expected to differ from
the estimates by more than these amounts.
Sampling errors for monthly surveys are reduced when the
data are cumulated for several months, such as quarterly or
annually. Also, as a general rule, the smaller the estimate, the
larger the sampling error. Therefore, relatively speaking, the
estimate of the size of the labor force is subject to less error
than is the estimate of the number unemployed. And, among
the unemployed, the sampling error for the jobless rate of
adult men, for example, is much smaller than is the error for
the jobless rate of teenagers. Specifically, the error on monthly
change in the jobless rate for men is .26 percentage point; for
teenagers, it is 1.25 percentage points.
In the establishment survey, estimates for the 2 most current
months are based on incomplete returns; for this reason, these
estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables. When all the
returns in the sample have been received, the estimates are
revised. In other words, data for the month of September are
published in preliminary form in October and November and
in final form in December. To remove errors that build up
over time, a comprehensive count of the employed is conducted each year. The results of this survey are used to
establish new benchmarks—comprehensive counts of
employment—against which month-to-month changes can be
measured. The new benchmarks also incorporate changes in
the classification of industries and allow for the formation of
new establishments.
Additional statistics and other information
In order to provide a broad view of the Nation's employment situation, BLS regularly publishes a wide variety of data
in this news release. More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings, published each month by
BLS. It is available for$8.50 per issue or$22.00per year from
the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.,
20204. A check or money order made out to the Superintendent of Documents must accompany all orders.
Employment and Earnings also provides approximations of
the standard errors for the household survey data published in
this release. For unemployment and other labor force
categories, the standard errors appear in tables B through J of
its * 'Explanatory Notes." Measures of the reliability of the
data drawn from the establishment survey and the actual
amounts of revision due to benchmark adjustments are provided in tables M, O, P, and Q of that publication.

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-1. Employment status of the population, including Armed Forces in the United States, by sex
(Numbers in thousands)

Seasonally adjusted1

Not seasonally adjusted
Employment status and sex
Nov.
1986

Oct.
1987

Nov.
1987

Nov.
1986

July
1987

Aug.
1987

Sept.
1987

Oct.
1987

Nov.
1987

183,114
120,374
65.7
112,502
61.4
1,751
110,751
3,078
107,673
7,872
6.5
62,740

185,052
122,485
66.2
115,639
62.5
1,741
113,898
3,297
110,601
6,845
5.6
62,567

185,225
122,366
66.1
115,564
62.4
1,755
113,809
3,020
110,789
6,802
5.6
62,859

183,114
120,426
65.8
112,183
61.3
1,751
110,432
3,215
107,217
8,243
6.8
62,688

184,605
121,672
65.9
114,447
62.0
1,720
112,727
3,219
109,508
7,224
5.9
62,933

184,738
122,038
66.1
114,817
62.2
1,736
113,081
3,092
109,989
7,221
5.9
62,700

184,904
121,604
65.8
114,515
61.9
1,743
112,772
3,170
109,602
7,089
5.8
63,300

185,052
122,102
66.0
114,928
62.1
1,741
113,187
3,283
109,903
7,174
5.9
62.950

185,225
122,371
66.1
115,255
62.2
1,755
113,500
3,167
110,333
7,116
5.8
62,854

87,773
67,108
76.5
62,747
71.5
1,592
61,155
4,360
6.5

88,756
67,820
76.4
64,272
72.4
1,580
62,692
3,549
5.2

88,849
67,753
76.3
64,084
72.1
1,593
62,491
3,669
5.4

87,773
67,407
76.8
62,833
71.6
1,592
61,241
4,574
6.8

88,534
67,656
76.4
63,715
72.0
1,561
62,154
3,941
5.8

88,598
67,925
76.7
63,918
72.1
1,575
62,343
4,007
5.9

88,683
67,736
76.4
63,939
72.1
1,581
62,358
3,798
5.6

88,756
67,916
76.5
64,024
72.1
1,580
62,444
3,893
5.7

88,849
68,025
76.6
64,179
72.2
1,593
62,586
3,846
5.7

95,341
53,267
55.9
49,754
52.2
159
49,595
3,512
6.6

96,295
54,664
56.8
51,367
53.3
161
51,206
3,297
6.0

96,376
54,613
56.7
51,480
53.4
162
51,318
3,133
5.7

95,341
53,019
55.6
49,350
51.8
159
49,191
3,669
6.9

96,071
54,016
56.2
50,733
52.8
159
50,574
3,283
6.1

96,140
54,113
56.3
50,899
52.9
161
50,738
3,213
5.9

96,221
53,868
56.0
50,576
52.6
162
50,414
3,291
6.1

96,295
54,185
56.3
50,904
52.9
161
50,743
3,281
6.1

96,376
54,346
56.4
51,076
53.0
162
50,914
3,270
6.0

TOTAL
2

Noninstitutional population
Labor force2
Participation rate3
Total employed2
Employment-population ratio4
Resident Armed Forces
Civilian employed
Agriculture
Nonagricultural industries
Unemployed
Unemployment rate5
Not in labor force
Men, 16 years and over
Noninstitutional population2
Labor force2
Participation rate3
Total employed2
Employment-population ratio4
Resident Armed Forces
Civilian employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate5
Women, 16 years and over
Noninstitutional population2
Labor force2
Participation rate3
Total employed2
Employment-population ratio4
Resident Armed Forces
Civilian employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate5

1
The population and Armed Forces figures are not adjusted for
seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
and seasonally adjusted columns.
2
Includes members of the Armed Forces stationed in the United
States.




3

Labor force as a percent of the noninstitutional population.
Total employment as a percent of the noninstitutional population.
Unemployment as a percent of the labor force (including the resident
Armed Forces).
4

5

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age
(Numbers in thousands)

Seasonally adjusted1

Not seasonally adjusted
Employment status, sex, and age
Nov.
1986

Oct.
1987

Nov.
1987

Nov.
1986

July
1987

Aug.
1987

Sept.
1987

Oct.
1987

181,363
118,623
65.4
110,751
61.1
7,872
6.6

183,311
120,744
65.9
113,898
62.1
6,845
5.7

183.470
120,611
65.7
113,809
62.0
6,802
5.6

181,363
118,675
65.4
110,432
60.9
8,243
6.9

182,885
119,952
65.6
112,727
61.6
7,224
6.0

183,002
120,302
65.7
113,081
61.8
7,221
6.0

183,161
119,861
65.4
112,772
61.6
7,089
5.9

183,311
120,361
65.7
113,187
61.7
7,174
6.0

78,874
61,654
78.2
58,019
73.6
2,263
55,755
3,636
5.9

79,807
62,317
78.1
59,442
74.5
2,403
57,040
2,875
4.6

79,885
62,288
78.0
59,289
74.2
2,234
57,056
2,999
4.8

78,874
61,703
78.2
57,883
73.4
2,303
55,580
3,820
6.2

79,625
62,116
78.0
58,793
73.8
2,343
56,450
3,323
5.4

79,668
62,053
77.9
58,818
73.8
2,254
56,564
3,235
5.2

79,740
62,045
77.8
58,957
73.9
2,355
56,601
3,089
5.0

79,807
62,160
77.9
58,997
73.9
2,354
56,643
3,163
5.1

87,933
49,458
56.2
46,597
53.0
640
45,958
2,860
5.8

88,843
50,721
57.1
48,076
54.1
670
47,407
2,644
5.2

88,923
50,690
57.0
48,166
54.2
624
47,542
2,525
5.0

87,933
49,043
55.8
46,067
52.4
675
45,392
2,976
6.1

88,632
49,971
56.4
47,288
53.4
619
46,669
2,683
5.4

88,685
49,989
56.4
47,324
53.4
603
46,722
2,664
5.3

88,785
49,882
56.2
47,179
53.1
585
46,594
2,703
5.4

88,843
50,098
56.4
47,493
53.5
648
46,845
2,605
5.2

14,557
7,511
51.6
6,135
42.1
174
5,960
1,376
18.3

14,661
7,706
52.6
6,379
43.5
225
6,155
1,327
17.2

14,663
7,633
52.1
6,354
43.3
162
6,192
1,279
16.8

14,557
7,929
54.5
6,482
44.5
237
6,245
1,447
18.2

14,628
7,865
53.8
6,647
45.4
258
6,389
1,218
15.5

14,649
8,260
56.4
6,939
47.4
236
6,703
1,321
16.0

14,637
7,933
54.2
6,636
45.3
230
6,406
1,297
16.3

14,661
8,103
55.3
6,697
45.7
282
6,415
1,406
17.4

TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Employment-population ratio2
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Employment-population ratio2
Agriculture
Nonagricultural industries
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Women, .20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Employment-population ratio2
Agriculture
Nonagricultural industries
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Employment-population ratio2
Agriculture
Nonagricultural industries
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation;
therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally
adjusted columns.




2
Civilian employment as a percent of the civilian noninstitutional
population,

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-3. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin
(Numbers in thousands)

Seasonally adjusted1

Not seasonally adjusted
Employment status, race, sex, age, and
Hispanic origin

Nov.
1986

Oct.
1987

Nov.
1987

Nov.
1986

July
1987

Aug.
1987

Sept.
1987

155,979
102,455
65.7
96,555
61.9
5,899
5.8

157,342
103,934
66.1
98,882
62.8
5,053
4.9

157,449
103,729
65.9
98,698
62.7
5,031
4.9

155,979
102,455
65.7
96,281
61.7
6,174
6.0

157,058
103,272
65.8
97,958
62.4
5,314
5.1

157,134
103,6t4
65.9
98,299
62.6
5,315
5.1

157,242
103,278
65.7
97,995
62.3
5,283
5.1

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force
,
Participation rate
Employed
Employment-population ratio2
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

53,930
78.5
51,163
74.5
2,768
5.1

54,399
78.4
52,167
75.2
2,232
4.1

54,349
78.3
52,050
75.0
2,298
4.2

54,015
78.7
51,089
74.4
2.926
5.4

54,214
78.3
51,682
74.7
2,532
4.7

54,164
78.2
51,714
74.7
2,449
4.5

54,152
78.1
51,771
74.7
2,382
4.4

54,367
78.4
51,856
74.8
2,511
4.6

54,412
78.4
51,998
74.9
2,414
4.4

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Employment-population ratio2
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

41,951
55.6
39,893
52.9
2,058
4.9

42,943
56.5
41,089
54.0
1,854
4.3

42,850
56.3
41,058
54.0
1,792
4.2

41,540
55.1
39,399
52.3
2,141
5.2

42,280
55.7
40,379
53.2
1,902
4.5

42,418
55.9
40,535
53.4
1,882
4.4

42,312
55.7
40,395
53.2
1,917
4.5

42,352
55.7
40,522
53.3
1,830
4.3

42,438
55.8
40,571
53.3
1,867
4.4

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Employment-population ratio2
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Men
Women

6,573
55.2
5,500
46.2
1,073
16.3
16.8
15.8

6,592
55.2
5,626
47.1
967
14.7
14.8
14.6

6,531
54.7
5,590
46.8
941
14.4
15.1
13.7

6,900
58.0
5,793
48.7
1,107
16.0
16.3
15.7

6,778
56.6
5,898
49.3
880
13.0
13.0
13.0

7,033
58.8
6,049
50.6
984
14.0
15.4
12.5

6,814
57.0
5,829
48.8
985
14.5
15.3
13.6

20,120
12,695
63.1
10,946
54.4
1,749
13.8

20,453
13,160
64.3
11,582
56.6
1,578
12.0

20,482
13,178
64.3
11,632
56.8
1,545
11.7

20,120
12,719
63.2
10,910
54.2
1,809
14.2

20,373
13,047
64.0
11,401
56.0
1,647
12.6

20,396
13,194
64.7
11,563
56.7
1,630
12.4

20,426
13,027
63.8
11,427
55.9
1,599
12.3

5,951
74.8
5,209
65.4
742
12.5

6,019
74.3
5,451
67.3
569
9.5

6,053
74.6
5,454
67.2
599
9.9

5,934
74.5
5,171
65.0
763
12.9

6,089
75.4
5,404
66.9
686
11.3

6,079
75.2
5,431
67.2
647
10.7

Oct.
1987

Nov.
1987

WHITE
Civilian noninstitutional population.
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Employment-population ratio2
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

157,342 157,449
103,640 103,717
65.9
65.9
98,457
98,284
62.5
62.5
5,260
5,357
5.1
5.2

6,922 ; 6,867
57.5
58.0 i
5,888
5,908
49.3
49.5
979
1,016
14.3
14.7
14.8
15.0
13.7
14.3

BLACK
Civilian noninstitutional population.,
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Employment-population ratio2
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Men, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Employment-population ratio2
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

20,453
13,167
64.4
11,582
56.6
1,586
12.0

20,482
i 13,211
| 64.5
i 11,607
56.7
}
i 1,604
i
12.1

j 6,025
74.4
j
i 5,425
| 67.0
600
10.0

6,012
74.2
5,435
67.1
577
9.6

6,036
74.4
5,421
66.8
614
10.2

|
|
|
j
I

I
Women, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Employment-population ratio2
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

5,977
59.7
5,238
52.3
738
12.4

6,241
61.3
5,533
54.4
707
11.3

6,252
61.3
5,594
54.9
659
10.5

5,943
59.3
|
: 5,200
51.9
!
743
|
12.5
!

6,125
60.4
5,426
53.5
699
11.4

6,120
i
60.3
! 5,428
j
53.5
!
692
'
11.3

6,074
598
5,350
52.7
723
11.9

6.191
60.8
5,511
54.2
680
11.0

6,224
61.1
5,561
54.6
664
10.7

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Employment-population ratio'
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Men
Women

767
35.8
499
23.3
269
35.0
35.6
34.5

900
41.4
597
27.5
302
33.6
32.5
34.7

872.
40.1
585
26.9
287
32.9
32.1
33.7

842
39.3
539
25.1
303
36.0
35.0
37.0

833
38.4
571
26.3
262
•31.5
31.5
31.4

995
45.9
704
32.5
291
29.2
32.6
25.3

928
42.7
652
30.0
276
29.7
30.9
28 7

964
44.4
636
29.3
328
34.0
32.2
35.8

951
43.7
625
28.7
326
34.3
32 1
36.7




HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-3. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin—Continued
(Numbers in thousands)

Seasonally adjusted1

Not seasonally adjusted
Employment status, race, sex, age, and
Hispanic origin

Nov.
1986

Oct.
1987

Nov.
1987

Nov.
1986

July
1987

Aug.
1987

Sept.
1987

Oct.
1987

Nov.
1987

12.505
8.253
66.0
7.476
59.8
777
9.4

13,003
8,695
66.9
7,991
61.5
704
8.1

13.043
8.788
67.4
8,002
61.4
786
8.9

12,505
8,226
65.8
7,437
59.5
789
9.6

12,887
8,411
65.3
7,744
60.1
667
7.9

12,925
8,544
66.1
7.864
60.8
680
8.0

12.965
8,568
66.1
7.869
60.7
699
8.2

13.003
8.653
66.5
7,935
61.0
718
8.3

13,043
8,774
67.3
7,978
61.2
796
9.1

HISPANIC ORIGIN
Civilian noninstitutional population
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Employment-population ratio2
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

1
The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation;
therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally
adjusted columns.
2
Civilian employment as a percent of the civilian noninstitutional

population.
NOTE: Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not
sum to totals because data for the "other races" group are not presented
and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups.

Table A-4. Selected employment indicators
(In thousands)
Not seasonally adjusted

Seasonally adjusted

Category

Nov.
1986

July
1987

Aug.
1987

Sept.
1987

Oct.
1987

Nov.
1987

113,809
40,879
28,688
6,218

110,432
39,952
27,333
6.041

112,727
40,241
28,426
6,013

113,081
40,260
28,196
6,108

112,772
40,370
27,988
6,164

113,187
40,580
28,013
6,205

113,500
40,716
28,098
6,281

1,673
1,487
136

1,492
1,384
144

1.582
1,425
198

1,619
1,429
154

1,566
1,363
159

1,615
1,417
134

1,716
1,441
136

1,589
1,399
159

99,127
16,602
82,526
1,145
81,381
8,292
254

101,883
17,288
84,595
1,257
83,338
8,478
240

102,245
17.307
84.938
1,244
83,694
8,316
228

98,869
16,457
82,412
1,183
81,229
8,179
252

100,838 101,334
16,760
16,931
84,574
83,907
1,224
1,172
83,402
82,683
8,216
8,205 j
250
268

101,221
16.915
84.306
1,088
83,218
8,184
300

5,414
2,563
2.546
15,185

5,129
2.346
2,496
15,500

5,430 !
2,504
2,569
15,639 |

5,563
2,510
2,714
14,021

4,856
2,162 |
2,412 i
15,058

5,152
2,293
2,510
15,232

5,319 i
2,366
2,626 !
13,567

Nov.
1986

Oct.
1987

Nov.
1987

110,751
40,099
27.954
5,965

113,898
40,905
28,685
6,174

1,489
1,410
179

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME1
Civilian employed, 16 years and over
Married men, spouse present
Married women, spouse present
Women who maintain families
CHARACTERISTIC
Agriculture:
Wage and salary workers
Self-employed workers
Unpaid family workers
Nonagricultural industries:
Wage and salary workers
Government
Private industries
Private households
Other industries
Self-employed workers
Unpaid family workers

101,503 I 102,056
17,083
17,170
84,420
84,886
1,235
1,297
83.185
83,589
8,097
8,320
226
238

MAJOR INDUSTRY AND CLASS OF WORKER
All industries:
Part time for economic reasons .
Slack work
Could only find part-time work .
Voluntary part time
Nonagricultural industries:
Part time for economic reasons .
Slack work
Could only find part-time work .
Voluntary part time

5,176 i
2,409 I
2,478 i
4,759 !

Excludes persons "with a job but not at work" during the survey
period for such reasons as vacation, illness, or industrial dispute.




I

!
i
'
!

!
|
|
;

5,508
2,456
2,722
14,422 i

5,262
2,515
2,494
14,634

5,241
5,416
2,212 j 2,389
2,702
2,664
14,313
14,459

5,575
2.455
2,739
14.494

5,235
2,295
2,634
13,946

4,998
2,306
2,433
14,168

4,968
2,038
2,628
13,930

5,290
2,250
2,659
14.039

5.101
2,211
2,555
14,007

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-5. Range of unemployment measures based on varying definitions of unemployment and the labor force, seasonally adjusted
(Percent)
Monthly data

Quarterly averages
Measure

1987

1987

1986

i

IV

i

Sept.

Oct.

; Nov.

1.5

U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer as a percent of the
1.9

1.8

1.8

1.7

1.6

1.6

1.5

3.4

3.3

3.3

3.0

2.8

2.8

2.9

civilian labor force
i

U-2 Job losers as a percent of the civilian labor force

2.8

U-3 Unemployed persons 25 years and over as a percent of the
civilian labor force
U-4 Unemployed full-time jobseekers as a percent of the
full-time civilian labor force

5.4

5.4

5.1

4.7

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.5

6.6

6.5

6.3

5.9

5.6

5.4

5.5

5.5

U-5a Total unemployed as a percent of the labor force,
including the resident Armed Forces

6.8

6.8

6.6

6.1

5.9

5.8

5.9

5.8

U-5b Total unemployed as a percent of the civilian labor force

6.9

6.9

6.7

6.2

6.0

5.9

6.0

5.9

U-6 Total full-time jobseekers plus 112 part-time jobseekers plus
1 /2 total on part time for economic reasons as a percent of
the civilian labor force less 1/2 of the part-time labor force

9.3

9.2

9.0

8.4

8.2

8.0

8.2

8.2

10.2

10.2

10.0

9.3

9.0

N.A.

N.A.

N.A.

U-7 Total full-time jobseekers plus 112 part-time jobseekers
plus 112 total on part time for economic reasons plus discouraged
workers as a percent of the civilian labor force plus
discouraged workers less 1/2 of the part-time labor force
N.A. = not available.
Table A-6. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted

Number of
unemployed persons
(in thousands)

Unemployment rates

Category
Nov.
1986

Nov.
1987

Oct.
1987

Nov.
1986

July
1987

Aug.
1987

Sept.
1987

Oct.
1987

Nov.
1987

CHARACTERISTIC
Total, 16 years and over
Men, 16 years and over
Men, 20 years and over
Women, 16 years and over
Women, 20 years and over
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

8,243
4,574
3,820
3,669
2,976
1,447

7,174
3,893
3,163
3,281
2,605
1,406

7,116
3,846
3,137
3,270
2,622
1,357

6.9
6.9
6.2
6.9
6.1
18.2

6.0
6.0
5.4
6.1
5.4
15.5

6.0
6.0
5.2
6.0
5.3
16.0

5.9
5.7
5.0
6.1
5.4
16.3

6.0
5.9
5.1
6.1
5.2
17.4

5.9
5.8
5.0"
6.0
5.2
16.8

Married men, spouse present
Married women, spouse present
Women who maintain families

1,862
1,429
650

1,576
1,208
610

1,494
1,251
573

4.5
5.0
9.7

3.8
4.2
9.4

3.7
4.3
9.0

3.6
4.2
8.8

3.7
4.1
9.0

3.5
4.3
8.4

Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Labor force time lost2

6,673
1,538

5,718
1,465

5,680
1,407

6.6
9.1
7.7

5.7'
7.9
6.9

5.6
8.2
6.8

5.4
8.5
6.7

5.5
8.5
6.8

5.5
8.1
6.9

6,190
136
955
1,541
860
681
272
1,621
1,665
611
177

5,262
77
694
1,253
669
584
267
1,481
1,490
581
209

5,261
57
656
1,153
608
545
274
1,564
1,557
630
206

7.0
14.5
15.1
7.1
6.6

6.1
7.8
10.7
6.0
6.1
5.9
4.4
6.8
5.1
3.4
11.3

5.9
8.9
11.2
5.5
5.5
5.5
4.3
7.0
4.6
3.9
10.8

5.9
7.0
12.1
5.7
5.6
5.9
4.0
6.4
4.9
3.4
8.3

5.9
8.5
11.4
5.7
5.2
6.5
4.4
6.4
4.7
3.3
10.9

5.8
6.3
10.5
5.3
4.8
6.1
4.4
6.9
4.8
3.5
11.5

INDUSTRY
Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Durable goods
Nondurable goods
Transportation and public utitities
Wholesale and retail trade
Finance and service industries
Government workers
Agricultural wage and salary workers

2

Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
Aggregate hours lost by the unemployed and persons- on part time for




i

7.9 I
4.4
7.2

|

5.4 J
3.6
10.1

economic reasons as a percent of potentially available labor force hours.

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-7. Duration of unemployment
(Numbers in thousands)

Seasonally adjusted

Not seasonally adjusted
Weeks of unemployment
Oct.
1987

Nov.
1986

Nov.
1987

July
1987

Nov.
1986

|
i

Aug.
1987

,

Sept.
1987

Nov.
1987

Oct.
1987

DURATION
Less than 5 weeks
5 to 14 weeks
15 weeks and over
15 to 26 weeks
27 weeks and over
Average (mean) duration, in weeks

3,281
2,597
1,994
914
1,080

3,211
2,032
1,602
712
891

3,131
2,039
1,633
770
863

3,382
2,613
2,217
1,045
1,172

3,168
2,141
1,907
945
962

3,197
2,170
1,884
814
1,070

3,230
1,932
1,920
909
1,011

3,227
2,121
1,759
799
959

3,225
2,043
1,810
874
936

15.0
6.8

13.7
5.7

14.0
5.9

14.8
7.0

14.0
6.7

14.3
6,

14.2
5.7

14.0
6.2

13.8
6.1

Median duration, in weeks

!

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
100.0
41.7
33.0
25.3
11.6
13.7

Total unemployed
Less than 5 weeks
5 to 14 weeks
15 weeks and over
15 to 26 weeks
27 weeks and over

100.0
46.9
29.7
23.4
10.4
13.0

100.0
46.0
30.0
24.0
11.3
12.7

100.0
41.2
31.8
27.0
12.7
14.3

100.0
43.9
29.7
26.4
13.1
13.3

100.0
44.1
29.9
26.0
11.2
14.8

100.0
45.6
27.3
27.1
12.8
14.3

100.0 '
45.4
29.8
24.7 I
11.2
13.5

100.0
45.6
28.9
25.6
12.4
13.2

Table A-8. Reason for unemployment
(Numbers in thousands)
Not seasonally adjusted

Seasonally adjusted

Reasons
Nov.
1986

Oct.
1987

Nov.
1987

Nov.
1986

July
1987

Aug.
1987

3,773
986
2,787
1,090
2,035
975

3,082
768
2,314
1,030
1,873
861

3,171
825
2,346
950
1,929
752

3,947
1,073
2,874
1,056
2,119
1,076

3,522
918
2,604
1,007
1,913
801

3,339
850
2,489
1,006
1,997
829

100.0
47.9
12.5
35.4
13.8
25.8
12.4

100.0
45.0
11.2
33.8
15.0
27.4
12.6

100.0
46.6
12.1
34.5
14.0
28.4
11.1

100.0
48.1
13.1
35.1
12.9
25.8
13.1

100.0
48.6
12.7
36.0
13.9
26.4
11.1

100.0
46.6
11.9
34.7
14.0
27.9
11.6

3.1

2.5
.9
1.6
.7

2.6
.8
1.6
.6

3.3
.9
1.8
.9

2.9
.8
1.6
.7

2.8
.8
1.7
.7

Sept.
1987

Oct.
1987

Nov.
1987

3,321
810
2,511
995
1,885
883

3,447
956
2,491
956
1,794
961

3,334
893
2,442
910
2,005
851

100.0 l
46.9
11.4
35.4
14.0
26.6
12.5

100.0
48.2
13.4
34.8
13.4
25.1
13.4

100.0
47.0
12.6
34.4
12.8
28.2
12.0

2.9
.8
1.5
.8

2.8
.8
1.7
.7

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Job losers
On layoff
Other job losers.
Job leavers
Reentrants
New entrants
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Total unemployed ...
Job losers
On layoff
Other job losers .
Job leavers
Reentrants
New entrants
UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers
Job leavers ....
Reentrants
New entrants .




1.7
.8

2.8
.8
1.6
.7

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-9. Unemployed persons by sex and age, seasonally adjusted

Number of
unemployed persons
(in thousands)

Unemployment rates

Sex and age
Nov.
1986

Oct.
1987

Nov.
1987

Nov.
1986

July
1987

!
i

Aug.
1987

Sept.
1987

Oct.
1987

Nov.
1987

8,243
3,005
1,447
686
768
1,558
5,230
4,630
571

7,174
2,681
1,406
734
672
1,275
4,499 I
4,016
478

7,116
2,664
1,357
662
703
1,307
4,439
3,894
508

6.9
12.9
18.2
20.6
16.7
10.2
5.5
5.8
3.8

6.0
11.7
15.5
17.1
13.9
9.8
4.7
5.0
3.1

6.0
11.6
16.0
18.0
14.7
9.1
4.7
5.0
3.2

5.9
11.7
16.3
17.4
15.4
9.3
4.6
4.7
3.4

6.0
11.8
17.4
20.9
14.6
8.7
4.6
4.9
3.2

5.9
11.7
16.8
19.7
14.9
8.9
4.5
4.7
3.3

Men, 16 years and over
16 to 24 years
16 to 19 years
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 years and over
25 to 54 years
55 years and over

4,574
1,635
754
366
388
881
2,931
2,568
361

3,893
1,424
730
387
344
694
2,471
2,188
277

3,846
1,420
709
363
348
711
2,420
2,088
317

6.9
13.4
18.3
21.3
16.2
10.9
5.5
5.7
4.1

6.0
11.9
15.5
16.6
13.8
10.0
4.7
4.9
3.4

6.0
12.4
18.0
20.6
16.3
9.3
4.7
4.9
3.4

5.7
11.9
17.3
18.3
16.0
9.1
4.4
4.6
3.2

5.9
12.0
17.5
21.5
14.4
9.1
4.5
4.8
3.1

5.8
12.0
17.2
21.0
14.4
9.3
4.4
4.6
3.6

Women, 16 years and over
16 to 24 years
16 to 19 years
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 years and over
25 to 54 years
55 years and over

3,669
1,370
693
320
380
677
2,299
2,062
210

3,281
1,257
676
347
328
581
2,028
1,829
201

3,270
1,244
648
299
355
596
2,019
1,806
190

6.9
12.4
18.2
19.8
17.2
9.4
5.5
5.8
3.4

6.1
11.6
15.4
17.7
14.0
9.5
4.7
5.0
2.6

6.0
10.7
13.9
15.3
12.9
8.9
4.7
5.0
2.9

6.1
11.6
15.4
16.5
14.6
9.5
4.7
4.9
3.7

6.1
11.5
17.2
20.3
14.8
8.3
4.7
5.0
3.2

6.0
11.4
16.5
18.3
15.4
8.5
4.7
4.9
3.0

Oct.
1987

Nov.
1987

Total, 16 years and over
16 to 24 years
16 to 19 years
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 years and over
25 to 54 years
55 years and over

Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.

Table A-10. Employment status of black and other workers
(Numbers in thousands)
Seasonally adjusted1

Not seasonally adjusted
Employment status

Civilian noninstitutional population...
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Employment-population ratio'
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Not in labor force

Nov.
1986

Oct.
1987

Nov.
1987

Nov.
1986

July
1987

Aug.
1987

25,385
16,169
63.7
14,195
55.9
1,973
12.2
9,216

25,969
16,809
64.7
15,017
57.8
1,793
10.7
9,159

26,021
16,882
64.9
15,112
58.1
1,771
10.5
9,139

25,385
16,192
63.8
14,137
55.7
2,055
12.7
9,193

25,826
16,632
64.4
14,750
57.1
1,882
11.3
9,194

25,868
16,705
64.6
14,812
57.3
1,993
11.3
9,163

1
The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation;
therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally
adjusted columns.




Sept.
1987

i 25,919 I 25,969 i 26,021
| 16,566 | 16,775
16,929
|
63.9 |
64.6
65.1
| 14,774 I 14,964
15,075
|
57.0 ;
57.6
57.9
!
1,792 !
1,810
1,854
;
10.8
10.8
11.0
!
9,353 I 9,194
9,092

2
Civilian employment as a percent of the civilian noninstitutional
population.

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-11. Occupational status of the employed and unemployed, not seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
Civilian employed

Unemployed

Unemployment rate

Occupation
Nov.
1986

Nov.
1987

Nov.
1986

Nov.
1987

110,751

113,809

7,872

Managerial and professional specialty
Executive, administrative, and managerial
Professional specialty

27,150
12,848
14,302

28,266
13,444
14,822

Technical, sales, and administrative support
Technicians and related support
Sales occupations
Administrative support, including clerical

34,920
3,376
13,621
17,922

Service occupations
Private household
Protective service
Service, except private household and protective

Nov.
1986

Nov.
1987

6,802

6.6

5.6

627
344
283

584
355
229

2.3
2.6
1.9

2.0
2.6
1.5

35,461
3,346
13,577
18,538

1,647
104
640
903

1,518
84
633
801

4.5
3.0
4.5
4.8

4.1
2.5
4.5
4.1

14,756
928
1,748
12,080

15,199
965
1,939
12,296

1,309
62
87
1,161

1,236
46
97
1,093

8.1
6.2
4.7
8.8

7.5
4.5
4.8
8.2

Precision production, craft, and repair
Mechanics and repairers
Construction trades
Other precision production, craft, and repair

13,582
4,350
5,011
4,221

13,712
4,456
5,108
4,148

956
219
483
253

750
163
398
189

6.6
4.8
8.8
5.7

5.2
3.5
7.2
4.4

Operators, fabricators, and laborers
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
Transportation and material moving occupations
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Construction laborers
Other handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers

17,076
7,868
4,687
4,520
713
3,807

17,936
8,172
4,867
4,897
809
4,088

2,048
885
361
802
235
567

1,627
686
293
647
190
458

10.7
10.1
7.1
15.1
24.8
13.0

8.3
7.7
5.7
11.7
19.0
10.1

3,267

3,235

270

296

7.6

8.4

Total, 16 years and over1

Farming, forestry, and fishing
1
Persons with no previous work experience and those whose last job was
in the Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total.

Table A-12. Employment status of male Vietnam-era veterans and nonveterans by age, not seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
Civilian labor force

Veteran status
and age

Civilian
noninstitutional
population

Unemployed
Total

Employed
Number

Nov.
1986

Nov.
1997

Nov.
1987

Nov.
1986

Nov.
1986

Nov.
1987

Nov.
1986

Nov.
1987

Percent of
labor force
Nov.
Nov.
1987
1986

VIETNAM-ERA VETERANS
Total, 30 years and over.
30 to 44 years
30 to 34 years
35 to 39 years
40 to 44 years
45 years and over

7,785
6,331
1,065
2,894
2,372
1,454

7,861
6,112
832
2,439
2,841
1,749
I

I 18,783 |
| 8,638 |
! 5,909 j
! 4,236

19,819
8,949
6,420
4,450

NOTE: Male Vietnam-era veterans are men who served in the Armed
Forces between August 5, 1964 and May 7, 1975. Nonveterans are men
who have never served in the Armed Forces; published data are limited to
those 30 to 44 years of age, the group that most closely corresponds to
the bulk of the Vietnam-era veteran population. Data for 25- to 29-year-




7,257
5,796
790
2,319
2,687
1,461

6,980
5.804
948
2,654
2,202
1,176

17,791
8,212
5,578
4,001

18,776
8,513
6,071
4,192

16,803
7,756
5,282
3,765

6,918
5,507
716.
2,227
2,564
1,411

I

NONVETERANS
Total, 30 to 44 years
30 to 34 years
35 to 39 years
40 to 44 years

7,289
6,087
1,020
2,790
2,277
1,202

309
283
72
136
75
26

339
289
74
92
123
50

4.2
4.6
7.1
4.9
3.3
2.2

4.7
5.0
9.4
4.0
4.6
3.4

988
456
296
236

745
379
210
156

5.6
5.6
5.3
5.9

4.0
4.5
3.5
3.7

I
18,031
8,134
5,861
4,036

old veterans are no longer shown in this table because the group is
rapidly disppearing (into the 30-34 age category) and the numbers
remaining for some labor force categories are not large enough to warrant
their continued publication.

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-13. Employment status of the civilian population for eleven large States
(Numbers in thousands)

Seasonally adjusted 2

Not seasonally adjusted 1
State and employment status

Nov.
1986

Oct.
1987

Nov.
1987

Nov.
1986

July
1987

Aug.
1987

Sept.
1987

Oct.
1987

Nov.
1987

20,275
13,545
12,660
885
6.5

20,695
13,836
13,065
771.
5.6

20,731
13,918
13,201
717
5.1

20,275
13,540
12,625
915
6.8

20,592
13,819
13,064
755
5.5

20,624
13,775
13,036
739
5.4

20,660
13,823
13,026
797
5.8

20,695
13,801
12,979
822
6.0

20,731
13,928
13,191
737
5.3

9,263
5,706
5,386
320
5.6

9,500
5,962
5,666
296
5.0

9,521
5,929
5,626
303
5.1

9,263
5,724
5,404
320
5.6

9,441
5,899
5,587
312
5.3

9,460
5,851
5,519
332
5.7

9,480
5,868
5,574
294
5.0

9,500
5,961
5,679
282
4.7

9,521
5,946
5,637
309
5.2

8,664
5,631
5,240
391
6.9

8,688
5,851
5,483
368
6.3

8,690
5,703
5,343
361
6.3

8,664
5,640
5,222
418
7.4

8,687
5,778
5,356
422
7.3

8,686
5,819
5,409
410
7.0

8,687
5,804
5,434
370
6.4

8,688
5,828
5,446
382
6.6

8,690
5,713
5,322
391
6.8

4,557
3,051
2,940
111
3.6

4,575
3,097
3,014
84
2.7

4,576
3,085
3,013
72
2.3

4,557
3,043
2,922
121
4.0

4,573
3,069
2,993
76
2.5

4,573
3,097
3,005
92
3.0

4,574
'3,051
2,975
76
2.5

4,575
3,107
3,007
100
3.2

4,576
3,079
2,997
82
2.7

6,882
4,470
4,111
359
8.0

6,944
4,518
4,208
310
6.9

6,949
4,533
4,199
335
7.4

6,682
4,472
4,099
373
8.3

6,931
4,503
4,129
374
8.3

6,934
4,638
4,231
407
8.8

6,939
4,606
4,246
360
7.8

6,944
4,532
4,205
327
7.2

6,949
4,527
4,177
350
7.7

5,942
3,887
3,729
158
4.1

5,999
3,952
3,808
144
3.6

6,003
3,962
3,834
129
3.2

5,942
3,914
3,737
177
4.5

5,987
3,930
3,771
159
4.0

5,990
3,986
3,815
171
4.3

5,994
3,916
3,740
176
4.5

5,999
3,965
3,812
153
3.9

6,003
3,985
3,843
142
3.6

13,742
8,402
7,953
449
5.3

13,786
8,534
8,118
416
4.9

13,788
8,590
8,167
423
4.9

13,742
8,378
7,895
483
5.8

13,782
8,481
8,106
375
4.4

13,781
8,526
8,145
381
4.5

13,784
8,392
8,012
380
4.5

13,786
8,480
8,057
423
5.0

13,788
8,584
8,134
450
5.2

4,785
3,204
3,031
174
5.4

4,861
3,354
3,225
129
3.9

4,867
3,336
3,202
134
4.0

4,785
3,201
3,029
172
5.4

4,843
3,322
3,171
151
4.5

4,848
3,306
3,165
141
4.3

4,854
3,313
3,182
131
4.0

4,861
3,350
3,218
132
3.9

4,867
3,336
3,205
131
3.9

8,112
5,282
4,894
388
7.3

8,138
5,221
4,920
301
5.8

8,140
5,263
4,959
303
5.8

8,112
5,264
4,875
389
7.4

8,136
5,240
4,868
372
7.1

8,136
5,205
4,841
364
7.0

8,137
5,148
4,865
283
5.5

8,138
5,176
4,876
300
5.8

8,140
5,251
4,942
309
5.9

California
Civilian noninstitutionai population
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Florida
Civilian noninstitutionai population
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Illinois
Civilian noninstitutionai population
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Massachusetts
Civilian noninstitutionai population
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
M
Civilian noninstitutionai population
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
New Jersey
Civilian noninstitutionai population
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
New Yerk
Civilian noninstitutionai population
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
North Carolina
Civilian noninstitutionai population
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Ohio
Civilian noninstitutionai population
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate




HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-13. Employment status of the civilian population for eleven large States—Continued
(Numbers in thousands)
Not seasonally adjusted1
State and employment status

Nov.
1986

Oct.
1987

Seasonally adjusted2

Nov.
1987

Nov.
1986

July
1987

Aug.
1987

Sept.
1987

Oct.
1987

Nov.
1987

Pennsylvania
Civilian noninstitutional population
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

9,250
5,600
5,266
334
6.0

9.288
5,787
5.480
307
5.3

9,291

12,069

12,282
8,409
7,791
618
7.4

12,300
8,569
7,895
674

5,716
5,417

299
5.2

9,250
5,557
5,212
345
6.2

9,283
5,616

12,069

9,286
5,675

5,295

9,283
5,697
5,383

321
5.7

314
5.5

5,359
316
5.6

12,231
8,456
7,753
703
8.3

12,246

12,264

8,546

8.401
7,685

9,288
5,738
5,400
338
5.9

9,291
5,687
5,372
315
5.5

12,282
8,390
7,737

12,300
8,573
7,848
725
8.5

Texas
Civilian noninstitutional population
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

8,276
7,545
731
8.8

1
These are the official Bureau of Labor Statistics' estimates used in the
administration of Federal fund allocation programs.
2
The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,




7.9

8,301
7,508

793
9.6

7,828
718
8.4

716
8.5

653
7.8

identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and the seasonally adjusted
columns.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Tabl« B-1. Employe* on nonagrlcultural payrolls by industry
(in thousands)
Not seasonally adjusted

Seasonally adjusted

Industry
Nov.
1986

Total
Total private

Sept,
1987

Oct .
1987PJ

Nov.
1986

July
1987

Aug .
1987

Sept.!
1987

Oct .
1987pl

Nov.
1987P

103,773

104,095

86,181

86,361

86,503

83,515

85,106

85,229

85,386

85,766 |

85,998

25,411

25,429

25,358

24,6301

24,850

24,886

24,917|

25,053

25,152

766
443.4

766
445.1

730
412|

744
430

751
•434

759
439

764
443

4,946
1,289

5,002
1,261

5,006
1,262

4,989
1,260

5,044
1,273

,234 102,955
84,000

Nov.
1987PI

1 0 0 , 4 1 5 | 1 0 2 , 126 102,275 102,4341 102,970

103,244

i

Goods-producing
Mining
Oil and gas extraction
Construction
General building contractors

24,828!
736
416.5

760
435.9|

5,31
5,078
5,210
5,303
1,322.8 1,321.6 1,329.0 1,316.2

Manufacturing
Production workers

19,014
12,940

19,348
13,241

19,352
13,231

19,382
13,255

18,954
12.879J

19,104
13,020

19,129
13,038

19,169
13,072

19,245
13,129

Durable goods
Production workers

11,204
7,415

11,338
7,555

11,361
7,569

11,391
7,599

11,174
7,3851

11,195
7,425

11,248
7,475

11,268
7,494

11,320
7,530

722
504
586
727
255
,426
,013
,123
,032
R64
699.8
368.1

761
521
595
763
281
1,440
2,050
2,104.8
2,026.5
844.3
695.0
378.0

754
527
594
762
281
,447
,058
,114
,023
841
696.1
38 3.0

744.3
531.8
590.4
767.9
283.5
1,454.2
2,068.1
2,118.9
2,032.1
845.5
700.4
383.3

723
499|
582
73 3|
260
1,419
2,0
2,1
2,023
858|
700|
36

740
518
582
750
277
1,424
2,033
2,088
1,995
814
695
370

736
518
582
754
278
1,425
2,044
2,095
2,028
848
695
37 1

740
520
581
764
283
1,429
2,053
2,096
2,018
R37
695
372

741
524
583
769
286
1,439
2,062
2,110
2,021
839
697
374

7,810
5,525

8,010
5,686

7,991
5,662

7,991
5,656

7,7801
5,4941

7,909
5,595

7,881
5,563

7,901
5,578

7,925
5,599

1,653.0
58.3
742.6
1,132.5
682.1
1,527.6
1,034.2
165.8
839.3
155.2

1,627
591
714|
1,101
678|
1,472
1,0201
16 5
797
147

1,644
57
736
1,130
678
1,504
1 , 0 26
164
815
155

1,632
56
732
1,110
677
1,508
1,031
164
819
152

1,631
55
735
1,117
681
1,509
1,031
166
824
152

1,634
55
736
1,122
679
1,513
1,033
167
833
153

Lumber and wood products
Furniture and fixtures
Stone, clay, and glass products
Primary metal industries
Blast furnaces and basic steel products ..
Fabricated metal products
Machinery, except electrical
Electrical and electronic equipment
Transportation equipment
Motor vehicles and equipment
Instruments and related products
Miscellaneous manufacturing
Nondurable goods
Production workers
Food and kindred products
Tobacco manufactures
Textile mill products
Apparel and other textile products
Paper and allied products
Printing and publishing
Chemicals and allied products
Petroleum and coal products
Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products
Leather and leather products
Service-producing

1,6
7
1,1
6
1.*
1,0
1
7
1

1,717.4
59.8
740.7
1,125.1
682.1
1,504.6
1,033.1
166.8
826.4
154.0

1,678,
59,
740,
1,132,
680,
1,512,
1,032,
166,
834,
155,

76,406

77,544

78,344

78,737

75,785

77,276

77,389

77,517

7 7,917

Transportation and public utilities
Transportation
Communication and public utilities

5,305
3,099
2,206

5,466
3,231
2,235

5,477
3,245
2,232

5,485
3,248
2,237

5,278|
3,071
2,207

5,363
3,133
2,230

5,377
3,147
2,230

5,416
3,183
2,233

5,428
3,194
2,234

Wholesale trade
Durable goods
Nondurable goods

5,745
3,384
2,361

5,837
3,434
2,403

5,865
3,453
2,412

5,874
3,464
2,410

5,728
3,380
2,348

5,797
3,418
2,379

5,807
3,422
2,385

5,815
3,431
2,384

5,834
3,446
2,388

18,273
2,536.5
2,941.9
1,959.3
5,875.4

18,406
2,378.3
2,961.0
1,999.6
6,186.5

18,451
2,471.6
2,980.5
2,000.7
6,037.9

18,652
2,579.0
3,008.0
1 ,999.8
5,989.6

18,009
2,379
2,906
1 ,963
5,927

18,274
2,407
2,959
1 ,985
5,985

18,256
2,411
2,962
1,985
5,992

6,397
3,204
1,988
1,205

6,645
3,289
2,052
1,304

6,630
3,286
2,059
1,285

6,635
3,292
2,062
1,281

6,418
3,212
1 ,990
1,216

6,608
3,291
2,043
1 ,274

6,624
3,293
2,050
1 ,281

23,452
4,915.8
6,653.0

24,416
5,198.2
6,949.9

24,509
5,246.6
6,987.0

24,499
5,252.7
7,027.1

23,452
4,877
6,661

24,214
5,105
6,887

24,279
5,133
6,923

24,411
24,295
5,195
5, 152
6,943 | 6 , 9 8 7 I

17,234
2,879
4,030
10,325

16,774
2,941
3,886
9,947

17,412
2,940
4,064
10,408

16,900
2,900
3,915
10,085

17 ,020
2,936
3,95?
10,132

17,046
2,940
3,964
10,)42

17,048 I 1 7 , 2 0 4
2,961
2,962
3,969]
3,957
1
0,274
10, 129

Retail trade
General merchandise stores
Food stores
Automotive dealers and service stations
Eating and drinking places
Finance, insurance, and real estate
Finance
Insurance
Real estate
Services
Business services
Health services
Government
Federal
State
Local
p = preliminary.




17,592
2,945
4, 10R
10,539

18,314
2,415
2,958
1 ,988
6,018

18,396
2,452
2,969
1,999
6,032

6,629
3,292
2,054
1,283

6,644
3,296
2,063
1,285

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
1

Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonagricultural payrolls by industry
Not seasonally adjusted

Seasonally adjusted

Industry
Nov.
1986
Total private
Mining

Sept.
1987

Oct.
1987 Pi

Nov
1987 P|

Nov.
1986

July
1987

34.7

34.7

34.9

34.R

34.8

34.8

41.4

42.1

42.7

42.3

(2)

(2)

Aufc.
1987

:
I
|

Sept,
i 987

Oct.
1987 P|

Nov.
1987 P

34.9

34.6

34.9

34.9

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

Construction

36.5

36.4

38.8

37.0

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

Manufacturing
Overtime hours

41.0
3.6

40.8
3.9

41.3
4.1

41.4
4.1

40.8
3.5

41.0
3.8 i

41.0
3.8

40.6
3.6

41.3
4.0

41.2
3.9

41.6
3.7

41.1
3.9

41.8
4.2

41.9
4.2

41.4
3.5

41.6
3.8

41.6
4.0

41.0
3.7

41.9
4.1

41.8
4.0

40.4
40.2
41.8
42.4
42.4
41.6
41.9
41.4
42.4
42.3
41.4
40.1

39,
39,
42
43,
45
40,
41
40,
41
41
41.1
39.0

40.6
40.7
42.9
43.5
43.7
42.0
42.4
41.0
42.3
42.6
41.6
40.0

40.1
40.2
42.3
43.9
44.0
42.2
42.9
41.4
42.5
43.0
41.8
39.3

40.8
39.8
41.9
42.4
42.5
41.4
41.7
41.0
42.2
4 2.4
41.1
(2)

40.6
40.0
42.2
43.4
44.1
41.4
42.4
41.1
41.7
41.9
41.6
(2)

40.4
40.1
42.1
43.5
44.0
41.5
42.2
41.0
41.9
41.9
41.7
(2)

39
39
41
43
45
40
41
40
41
41
41.1
(2)

40
40
42
43
44
42
42
41
42
42
41
(2)

40.
39.
42.
43.
44.
42.
42.
41.
42.
43.
41.
(2)

40.3
3.6

40.4
4.0

40.6
3.9

40.6
3.9

40.0
3.5

40.3
3.7

40.3
3.7

40.1
3.6

40.5
3.8

40.4
3.8

40
38
41
37
43
38
42
44.0
41.7
37.1

40,
38,
41.
36.
44.
38.
42.
43.
41.
37.

40.7
40.8
42.2
37.6
43.6
38.2
42.4
43.7
42.0
38.7

40.0
(2)
41
36
43
38
42
43
(2)
(2)

39.9
(2)
42.4
37.3
43.5
38.1
42.2
44.4
(2)

40.3
(2)
42.1
37.4
43.4
37.9
42.4
43.3
(2)
(2)

40.2
(2)
41.3
36.3
43.8
38.2
42.8
43.2
(2)
(2)

40.5
(2)
41.9
37.5
43.6
38.1
42.7
43.4
(2)
(2)

40.3
(2)
41.9
37.2
43.6
38.0
42.7
42.8
(2)
(2)

39.3

39.2

39.3

39.3

39.2

39.3

39.1

39.3

39.2

38.4

38.1

38.4

38.3

38.3

38.3

38.0

38.4

38.3

Retail trade

29.0

29.6

29.2

29.1

29.2

29.6

29.6

29.3

29.3

Finance, Insurance, and real estate

36.5

36.0

36.2

36.3

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

Services

32.4

32.4

32.5

32.6

32.5

32.5

32.5

32.5

32.7

Durable goods
Overtime hours

,

Lumber and wood products
Furniture and fixtures
Stone, clay, and glass products
Primary metal industries
Blast furnaces and basic steel products .
Fabricated metal products
Machinery, except electrical
Electrical and eleetronic equipment
Transportation equipment
Motor vehicles and equipment
Instruments and related products
Miscellaneous manufacturing
Nondurable goq^s
Overtime hours
Food and kindred products
Tobacco manufactures
Textile mill products
Apparel and other textile products
Paper and allied products
Printing and publishing
Chemicals and allied products
Petroleum and coal products
Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products
Leather and leather products
Transportation and public utilities
Wholesale trade

1
Data relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing; to construction
workers in construction; and to nonsupervisory workers In transportation and public
utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services.
These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employees on private
nonagricultural payrolls.




(2)
39.2
38.1
29.3
(2)
32.5

(2)

!

1
This series is not published seasonally adjusted since the seasonal component la
small relative to the trend-cycle and/or Irregular components and consequently cannot
be separated with sufficient precision.
p = preliminary.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on privats nonagricuitural
payrolls by Industry
Average hourly Minings

Total private

Average weekly earnings

Nov.
1986

Sept.
1987

Oct
1987 pi

Nov •

$8.88
8.86

$9.06
9.02

$9.09
9.07

$9.14
9 . 12

12.43

12.36

12.48

520.40

12.66

12.77

12.79

12.79

462.09

Seasonally adjusted

1987

Nov .
1986

Sept .
1987

Nov.
1987

Oct.
1987 pi

$308.14 $314.38 $317.24 $318.07
316.54
318.29
312.09
308.33
527.90

Mining
Construction

473.23

496.25

9.78

10.00

9.95

10.01

400.98

408.00

410.94

414.41

10.33
8.35

10.53
8.48
7.75
10.40
12.24
14.17
10.04
10.81
9.98
13.07
13.69
9.80
7.76

10.51
8.42
7.72
10.33
12.05
13.97
10.10
10.85
9.94
13.10
13.75
9,81
7.75

10.57
8.42
7.74
10.35
12.08
13.95
1 0 . 16
10.91
9.98
13.18
13.83
9.88
7.76

429.73
337.34
303.51
423.85
500.32
580.03
413.50
444.98
402.82
546.11
568.51
398.68
305.56

432.78
338.35
308.45
442.00
531.22
639.07
410.64
449.70
404.19
538.48
562.66
402.78
302.64

439.32
341.85
314.20
443.16
524.18
610.49
424.20
460.04
407.54
554.13
585.75
408.10
310.00

442.88
337.64
311.15
437.81
530.31
613.80
428.75
468.04
413.17
560.15
594.69
412.98
304.97

12.17
14.32
8.77
5.98

9.28
8.92
12.89
7.23
6.01
11.67
10.48
12.56
14.71
8.98
6.09

9.18
8.86
12.75
7.24
5.98
11.45
10.43
12.53
14.64

8.91
6.08

9.24
8.94
13.54
7.32
6.00
11.44
10.44
12.58
14.75
8.99
6.11

363.51
353.36
481.46
294.69
218.36
489.12
387.21
516.01
630.08
365.71
221.86

374.91
363.94
501.42
301.49
218.16
514.65.
403.48
537.57
644.30
371.77
229.59

372.71
360.60
520.20
305.53
224.85
499.22
398.43
531.27
639.77
374.22
235.30

375.14
362.07
556.49
309.64
225.00
501.07
399.85
538.42
634.25
.379.38
236.46

11.90

12.03

12.01

12.12

467.67

471.58

471.99

476.32

9.47

9.67

9.67

9.75

363.65

368.43

371.33

373.43

Retail trade

6.08

6.20

6.15

6.18

176.32

183.52

179.58

179.84

Finance, Insurance, and real estate

8.57

8.79

8.80

8.94

312.81

316.44

318.56

324.52

8.33

8.55

8.61

8.71

269.89

277.02

279.83

283.95

Manufacturing
Durable goods
Lumber and wood products
Furniture and fixtures
Stone, clay, and glass products
Primary metal industries
Blast furnaces and basic steel products..
Fabricated metal products
Machinery, except electrical
Electrical and electronic equipment
Transportation equipment
Motor vehicles and equipment
Instruments and related products
Miscellaneous manufacturing
Nondurable goods
Food and kindred products
Tobacco manufactures
Textile mill products
Apparel and other textile products
Paper and allied products
Printing and publishing
Chemicals and allied products
Petroleum and coal products
Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products
Leather and leather products

11.80
13.68
9.94
10.62
9.73
12.88
13.44
9.63
7.62
9.02
8.79
12.67

Transportation and public utilities
Wholesale trade

1

See footnote 1, table B-2.
p = preliminary.

NOTE: Preliminary earnings data for fabricated metal products for September and October,
as published in this table of the October release, were erroneous (as were totals incorporating
these data).
1

Table B-4. Hourly Earnings Index for production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonagricuitural payrolls by Industry
(1977«100)
Seasonally adjusted

chang*
from:

Total private nonfarm:
Current dollars
Constant (1977) dollars
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Transportation and public
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
Finance, Insurance, and
real estate

1
2
3
4

Nov.
1986

Sept.
1987

Oct.
1987p

171.3
95.6
182.6
154.2
173.0
174.1
174.8
159.3

175.0
93.7
183
155
176
176
178
163

174.8
93.3
182.5
156.2
175.7
176.3
178.5
161.7

184.0
177.6

188.9
183.0

189.3
183.8

Nov.
1986

July
1987

Aug.
1987

175.9
N.A.
184.1
156.0
176.5
177.7
179.8
162.2

2.6
(2)
.9

171.2
95.5
(4)
154.7
173.2
172.9
(4)
159.3

•17 3.2
93.7
(4)
154.3
174.7
176.4
(4)
160.9

174.1
93.7
(4)
154.7
175.5
176.0
(4)
161.5

174.6
93.8
(4)
154.0
176.7
175.7
(4)
162.7

174.8
93.6
(4)
154.7
176.3
175.9
(4)
162.0

175.7
N.A.
(4)
156.4
176.6
176.5
(4)
162.2

0.5
(3)
(4)
1.1
.2
.3
(4)
.1

192.0
185.8

4.3
4.6

(4)
177.1

(4)
180.5

(4)
182.4

(4)
182.3

(4)
183.8

(4)
185.2

(4)
.7

Sept.
1987

Oct.
1987p

Nov.
1987p

See footnote 1, table B - 2 .
Change is -1.8 percent from October 1986 to October 1987, the latest month available.
Change is -.3 percent from September 1987 to October 1987, the latest month available.
These series are not seasonally adjusted since the seasonal component is small relative to the trend-cvcle
irregular components and consequently cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
N.A.
Data not available,
p - preliminary.




Oct.
1987Nov.
1987

Nov.
1986Nov.
1987

Nov.
1987p

and/or

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
1

Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonagricultura!
payrolls by industry
(1977 = 100)

p

Not seasonally adjusted

Seasonally adjusted

Industry

Total
Goods-producing
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing

Nov.
1986

Sept.
1987

Oct.
1987 P

118.8

121.9

98.7

Nov.
Nov.
1987 P| 1986

July
1987

22.9

122.7

118.2

120.6

101.1

103.5

102.2

97.8

99.5

80.4

86.0

88.4

87.3

79.5

85.0

132.5

138.0

147.3

137.0

131.1

133.2

133.6

96.2

92.2

93.6

93.8

Aug.
1987

Sept
1987

120.
99.7

97.7
84.9

93.1

94.7

95.8

Durable goods
Lumber and wood products
Furniture and fixtures
Stone, clay, and glass products
Primary metal industries
Blast furnaces and basic steel products ..
Fabricated metal products
Machinery, except electrical
Electrical and electronic equipment
Transportation equipment
Motor vehicles and equipment
Instruments and related products
Miscellaneous manufacturing

90
99
108.8
86
60
46
89,
84,
102,
99,
87,
103.
83,

91.1
103.7
111.7
89.5
65.9
55.1
89.4
86.5
100.0
95.3
83.7
101.9
83.1

92
104
115
90
66.0
53
92
88
102
97
86
103
86

93,
101,
115,
88.
67.
54,
93,
90.
103.
98,
87,
105.
85.

89.8
100.9
106
85
60
47
88
84
101
97
87
102
80

90.6
102.4
111.6
86.1
64.4
52
89
87
100
94
81
103
81

91.2
101.2
111.7
86.1
65.0
53.0
89.4
87.4
100.8
97.4
86.1
103.0
82.3

Nondurable goods
Food and kindred products
Tobacco manufactures
Textile mill products
Apparel and other textile products
Paper and allied products
Printing and publishing
Chemicals and allied products
Petroleum and coal products
Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products
Leather and leather products

96,
100,
82.
81,
86,
100,
130.
93.
82.
113,
56,

99
107
81
84
85
102
133
96
86
116
60

100.0
104.4
84.2
84.9
89.1
101.3
132.6
95.5
85.1
119.0
62.3

100.1
102.1
82.4
85.4
88.8
102.5
133.9
96.8
83.1
120.5
62.3

95.8
98.7
76.7
80.1
85.2
100.1
129.1
93.4
82.0
112.4
55.5

98.1
99.6
73.1
84.8
88.2
100.8
131.4
94.5
84.7
115.0
62.2

129.9

133.5

133.6

134.1

129.6

Transportation and public utilities

108.01

111.1

111.8

112.0

Wholesale trade

117.3

118.3

119.5

Retail trade

120.3

123.0

121.7

124.9

Nov.
Oct
1987 Pi 1987

121.9

122.2

101.2

101.3

87.9

86.1

, I
136.4i 135.8
95.0

95.3

90.1
99.2
109.7
85.9
65.9
55.2
88.2
86.7
99.3
95.2
83.3
102.1
80.7

92.5
101.9
113.0
87.5
67.0
55.1
91.3
89.3
101.7
97.8
86.7
104.6
82.7

92.8
102.6
112.7
87.7
67.6
55.1
92.1
90.1
102.2
97.0
86.7
104.4
81.9

97,
99.
71,
83,
86.
100.
131.
95,
83,
115.
61.

97.4
99.1
72.4
82.4
84. 8j
101.9
132.6
96.4
83.2
115
60

98,
100,
73,
83,
87,
101,
132,
96.
83.
118,
61,

98.
100.
77.
84.
87.
101.
132.
96.8
82.4
119.8

132.3

133.1

132.9|

133.3

107.0

109.0

109.7

109.9

110.8

119.5

116.8

117.5

118.2

117.3

118.8

122.6

119.2

121.2

122.4

1 2 2 . s|

121.8

93. 1

60.8
Service-producing

133.8
111.0
119.0
121.4
Finance, insurance, and real estate

139.6

141.9

141.8

142.4

140.3

Services

147.7

153.2

154.3

154.4J

147.9

142.0

143.0

141.4

142.2

152.5

152.9

15 2.9

153.5

143.1
1

155.0
See footnote 1, table B-2.

p * preliminary.

Table B-6. Indexes of diffusion: Percent of industries in which employment1 increased
Time
span

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

53.8
56.2
54.6

47.8
55.1
65.4

53.2
53.2
p66.8

54.3
59.7
p69.2

57.3
59.7

47.0
48.4
66.2

48.6
55.1
75.1

45.9
55.9
p69.5

47.6
58.1
p76.5

55.1
58.6

56.5
60.3

45.1
48.4
71.1

43.0
47.3
p75.1

44.3
53.0
p78.9

49.2
59.2

49.2
58.9

47.3
57.8

45.9
58.9

41.6
49.5

42.2
49.5

42.4
51.6

43.8
54.9

44.3
52.2

44. 1
55.1

42.4
56.5

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

Over
1-month
span

55.9
53.2
53.5

47.0
48.1
56.8

52.4
48.1
58.6

47.3
53.5
58.4

53.2
52.4
58.6

46.8
46.8
55.7

53.8
52.4
68.6

Over
3-month
span

51.1
49.7
58.6

48.4
44.9
59.5

42.4
45.7
61.1

46.5
48.4
61.6

44.3
47.6
61.4

49.7
45.4
67.3

Over
6-month
span

46.5
47.6
61.9

46.5
47.6
62.7

43.2
43.0
58.9

44.3
43.2
67.3

44.3
45.4
67.6

Over
12-month
span

44.6
43.2
62.2

44.1
44.1
63.5

43.8
46.2
67.3

40.8
45.7
p69.2

41.6
47.8
p71.9

Year

July

Aug.

Dec.

1

1

Number of employees, seasonally adjusted for 1, 3. and 6 month spans, on payrolls of 185
private nonagricultural industries. Data for the 12-month span are unadjusted,
p = preliminary.

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NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with employment rising. (Half of the unchanged components are counted as rising.) Data are centered within the spans.

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