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THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: NOVEMBER 1990
Biployment fell sharply in November and uneiqployment rose, the Bureau
of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The
civilian worker unemployment rate increased from 5.7 to 5.9 percent.
Nonfarm payroll employment declined by 265,000, as manufacturing,
construction, and retail trade were particularly hard hit. The household
survey reflected similar weakness, with a decline of 450,000 in November.
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
The nutter of unemployed persons rose about 300,000 to 7.4 million in
November, and the civilian worker unenployment rate increased to 5.9
percent. It had been 5.7 percent in both September and October and was 5.2
percent as recently as June. (See table A-2.) November's unerrployment
rate was the highest since October 1987, when it was 6.0 percent.
Most of the increase in joblessness in Noveirtoer occurred among adult
men. Their unefrployment rate rose by 0.3 percentage point to 5.4 percent
and has been trending inward since midyear. Unennployment rates for other
major worker groins in November—adult women (5.1 percent), teenagers (16.5
percent), whites (5.1 percent), blacks (12.4 percent), and Hispanics (8.6
percent)--were also generally up in recent months. (See tables A-2 and
A-3.)
Reflecting the escalating pace of factory job cutbacks, the
unemployment rate for manufacturing workers rose nearly a percentage point
in November, to 6,6 percent. The rate for construction workers, which has
been inching i^p for several months, reached 13.6 percent. (See table A-6.)
The number of jbb losers, who now make up more than half of the
unemployed, increased by almost 300,000 over the month and was nearly
700,000 higher than in June. November's increase resulted from a rise in
both the number of permanent job losers and those who expected to be
recalled from layoff. Increases occurred in both the newly unen^loyed—
those jobless for less than 5 weeks—and in the very long-term unenployed-those jobless for 27 weeks or longer. The number of workers who would
prefer full-time work but were eroployed part time due to slack work
increased by nearly 200,000. (See tables A-4, A-7, and A-8.)




- 2 Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
Monthly data

Quarterly
averages
1990

Category
II

Oct.Nov.
change

1990
Sept.

III

Nov.

Oct.

Thousands of persons
Labor force 1/
Total employment 1/.
Civilian labor force..
Civilian employment.
Unemployment.•••••••
Not in labor force....
Discouraged workers.

126,550!
119,927!
124,908!
118,285!
6,623!
62,916!
893!

126,421!- 126,568!
119,459! 119,499!
124,798! 124,967!
117,836! 117,898!
6,962! 7,069!
63,468! 63,434!
N.A.!
835!

126,231!
118,876!
124,616!
117,261!
7,355!
64,081!
N.A.!

126,354!
119,281!
124,784!
117,711!
7,073!
63,741!
N.A.!

-123
-405
-168
-450
282
340
N.A.

Percent of labor force
Unemployment rates:
All workers 1/.......
All civilian workers
Adult men.........
Adult women.......
Teenagers.........
Mate
Black
Hispanic origin...

5.2!
5.3!
4.8!
4.6!
14.8!
4.6!
10.4!
7.6!

5.5!
5.6!
5.0!
4.8!
16.2!
4.8!
11.7!
8.1!

5.6!
5.7!
5.1!
5.0!
15.5!
4.8!
12.1!
8.7!

5.6!
5.7!
5.1!
4.9!
16.2!
4.9!
11.8!
8.1!

5.8! 0.2
5.9! .2
5.4! .3
5.1! .2
16.5! .3
5.1! .2
12.4! .6
8.6! .5

Thousands of jobs
Nonfarm employment..
Goods-producing...
Service-producing.

110,541! 110,655! 110,612!pll0,434!pll0,167!p-267
25,178! 25,016! 24,931! p24,779! P24,524!p-255
85,363! 85,639! 85,681! p85,655! p85,643! p-12
Hours of work

Average weekly hours:
Total private......
Manufacturing......
Overtime

34.6!
40.9!
3.7!

34.6!
41.0!
3.7!

1/ Includes the resident Anted Forces.
N.A.=not available.




34 .7!
41 .0!
3 .7!

p34 .2!
p40 .7!
P3 .6!

P34.4! p0.2
P40.5! p-.2
p3.5! p-.l
p=preliminary.

- 3 Civilian Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
Total civilian employment declined by 450,000 to 117,3 million in
November and has been trending downward since June* Employment among
teenagers has been declining even longer—since March—and continued to
trend downward in November. Most of the over-the-month losses were
attributable to adult women. The proportion of the working-age population
that is errployed (the enployment-population ratio) was 62.1 percent in
November. This ratio had been holding at around 63.0 percent in 1989 and
in the first half of 1990. (See tables A-2 and A-3.)
The civilian labor force was little changed at 124.6 million. As the
working-age population continued to increase, the labor force participation
rate edged down to 66.0 percent in November and is down by more than half a
percentage point since May. Most of this decline in participation has
occurred among teenagers, but there has also been a small reduction among
adult women, whose participation rate has been trending upward
historically. (See table A-2.)
Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)
Nonfarm payroll employment showed marked deterioration in November
with a decline of 265,000. This came on the heels of a drop of 180,000 for
October, as revised. Exceptionally large job losses occurred in
manufacturing, particularly in durable goods. Also, construction and
retail trade had substantial declines for the second month in a row, and
weakness was evident in most other industries. Only mining and the
services industry added jobs over the month. (See table B-l.)
The decline in manufacturing totaled 200,000, as reductions were
widespread throughout the industry. The largest decline occurred in motor
vehicle manufacturing, where employment had been inching down since July.
November's drop in this industry (55,000) reflected the temporary shutdowns
of plants to avoid excessive inventory buildup. Employment also fell in
several other industries that supply materials for auto manufacturing such
as fabricated metals, rubber and plastics, and apparel and other textile
products. Elsewhere in manufacturing, enployment decreased substantially
in industrial machinery and electronic equipment, about 15,000 each, and in
industries tied to the slurping construction industry such as lumber and
furniture. In total, manufacturing has now lost more than three-quarters
of a million jobs since the peak level of January 1989.
The construction industry, which has been trending downward since
spring, lost 60,000 jobs in November, following an even larger drop in
October. In the last 6 months, the industry has shed about a quarter of a
million jobs, with general building contractors (particularly residential)
suffering disproportionately large losses. In mining, there was a 5,000
job gain in November, mainly in oil and gas extraction, which is reacting
to the rise in fuel prices.




- 4 Widespread weakness was also evident in the service-producing sector.
Seasonal hirings have been far short of normal in retail trade this fall.
In November, employment in the industry fell by 70f000, after seasonal
adjustment, following a drop of 55,000 in October; general merchandise
stores accounted for the bulk of the declines. Employment also fell in
wholesale trade and in finance, insurance, and real estate. Job losses in
wholesale trade, which is closely tied to manufacturing and construction,
have totaled 40,000 since August.
Employment in the services industry rose by 80,000 in November, with
gains confined principally to health services and social services.
Business services, which has been especially weak since June, declined by
about 20,000 over the month.
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on
private nonfarm payrolls rose by 0,2 hour in November to 34.4 hours,
seasonally adjusted, but this followed a decline of 0.5 hour in October.
The manufacturing workweek decreased by 0.2 hour to 40.5 hours, and factory
overtiine edged down 0.1 hour to 3.5 hours. The factory workweek has
declined by half an hour since September. (See table B-2.)
The index of aggregate weekly hours of private production or
nonsupervisory workers was little changed in November at 123.4 (1982=100),
seasonally adjusted. The index for manufacturing, at 103.6, declined by
1.8 percent over the month, reflecting the drops in both enployment and
hours. This index has fallen by 3.9 percent over the past year. (See
table B-5.)
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
Average hourly earnings of production or nonsuperyisory workers on
private nonfarm payrolls were essentially unchanged in November. Average
weekly earnings rose by 0.7 percent, seasonally adjusted, as a result of
the partial rebound in hours. Prior to seasonal adjustment, average weekly
earnings edged down to $348.49. Over the year, average hourly earnings
increased by 3.6 percent and average weekly earnings by 3.0 percent. (See
tables B-3 and B-4.)
The Employment Situation for Deceniber 1990 will be released on Friday,
January 4, 1991, at 8:30 A.M. (EST).




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 60,000 households that is conducted by the
Bureau of the Census with most of the findings analyzed and
published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
The establishment survey provides the information on the
employment, hours, and earnings of workers on
nonfarm payrolls that appears in the B tables, marked
ESTABLISHMENT DATA. This information is collected
from payroll records by BLS in cooperation with State agencies.
The sample includes over 340,000 establishments employing over
40 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 employ,
merit 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 laborforce 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 nonfarm 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 yean of age and older; the
establishment survey is not limited by age;
— The household survey has no duplication of individuals, because each individual is counted only once; in the establishment survey, employees working at
more than one job or otherwise appearing on more than one payroll would be
counted separately for each appearance.

Other differences between the two surveys are described in
"Comparing Employment Estimates from Household and
Payroll Surveys," which may be obtained from 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 ad*
justments are recalculated regularly. For the household
survey, the factors are calculated for the January-June period
and again for the July-December period. For the establishment survey, updated factors for seasonal adjustment are also
calculated twice a year. In both surveys, revisions to historical
data are made once a year.

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 thefiguresthat 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 ho 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 358,000; for total
unemployment it is 224,000; 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 .25 percentage point; for
teenagers, it is 1.29 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 $25.00 per 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 sen
(Numbers in thousands)
Seasonally adjusted1

Not seasonally adjusted
Employment status and sex
Nov.
1989

Oct.
1990

Nov.
1990

Nov.
1989

July
1990

Aug.
1990

Sept.
1990

Oct.
1990

Nov.
1990

TOTAL
2

Noninstitutional population
Labor force2
Participation rate3
Total employed2
Employment-population ratio4
Resident Armed Forces
Civilian employed
Agriculture
Nonagricultural industries •.
Unemployed
Unemployment rate9
Not in labor force

188,721 190,095 190,312 188,721 189,763 189,901 190,002 190,095 190,312
126,368 126,590 126,436 126,192 126,394 126,300 126,568 126,354 126,231
66.6
66.6
66.6
66.4
66.9
66.5
67.0
66.5
66.3
119,872
63.5
1,704
118,168
3,033
115,135

119.869
63.1
1,570
118,299
3,280
115,018

6,495
5.1

62,353

119,226

119,540

119,580

119,298

62.6

63.3

62.8

1.615
117,611
3,056

114,555

1,704
117,836
3,160
114,676

63.0
1,627

6,722
5.3
63,505

7,211
5.7
63,875

6,652
5.3
62.529

91,299
69,610
76.2
66,010
72.3

91,440

69,656
76.2
65,590
71.7

90,606
69,635
76.9

119,499
62.9
1,601

119,281
62.7

114,545
7,073
5.6
63,741

1,570
117,698 117,711
3,181
3,167

117,953
3,085
114,867
6,814
5.4

1,640
117,658
3.137
114,521
7,003
5.5

114,717
7,069
5.6

63.369

63,601

63,434

91,168

91,240

69,544
76.3
65,740
72.1

69,459

91,271
69,809

118,876
62.5
1,615
117,261

3,190
114,071
7,355
5.8
64,081

Men, 16 years and over
Noninstitutional population2
Labor force2
Participation rate3
Total employed*
Employment-population ratio4
Resident Armed Forces
Civilian employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate5

90,606
69,394
76.6
65,831

7Z.7
1,529
64,302

4.067
5.8

66.011
72.9
1,529
64,482
3,624
5.2

98,796

98,872

98.115

56,980
57.7
53,858
54.5
156
53,702
3,122
5.5

56,780
57.4
53,636
54.2
162
53,474

56,557
57.6

1,414

3,563
5.1

64,596
3,600
5.2

98,115

56,974

1,453
64,137

76.1

65,596

76.5
65,867
72.2

91,299

91,440

69,780
76.4
65,862

69,874
76.4

72.1
1,414
64,448
3,918

64.278

7119
1,475
64,121

3,804
5.5

3363
5.6

3,943
5.6

98,796
56,575
57.3

54.6

54.6

98,661
56,842
57.6
53,702
54.4

98,731
56,758
57.5

53.529

98.595
56,849
57.7
53,839

53,632
54.3

53,419
54.1

175
53.354
3,028

165
53.674
3,010

165
53,537
3,140

156
53,263

5.4

5.3

5.5

160
53.472
3,126
5.5

1,462

1,441

64,426

5.6

65,759
71.9
1.453
64,306
4,116
5.9

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

58.1

54,041
55.1
175
53,866
2,933
5.1

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.

3,144
5.5
3

5.6

53.7
162

52,955
3,240
5.7

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

Note on resident Armed Forces estimates
Beginning with data for November, estimates of the number of persons In the resident Armed Forces reflect newty available Information from the Department of Defense accounting tor Armed Forces personnel deployed from the United States to the Persian
Gulf. The new information suggests that the numbers of the resident Armed Forces'as published for September and October are
slightly understated.




3,156

98,872
56t357
57.0
53,117

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.
1989

Oct.
1990

Nov.
1990

Nov.
1989

July
1990

Aug.
1990

Sept.
1990

Oct.
1990

Nov.
1990

187,017
124,664
66.7
116,166
63.2
6,495
5.2

188,525
125,020
66.3
118,299
627
6,722
5.4

188,697
124,821
66.1
117,611
62.3
7,211
5.8

187,017
124,488
66.6
117,836
63.0
6,652
5.3

188,136
124,767
66.3
117,953
62.7
6,814
5.5

188.261
124,660
66.2
117,658
62.5
7,003
5.6

188,401
124,967
66.3
117,898
62.6
7,069
5.7

168,525
124.784
66.2
117,711
62.4
7,073
5.7

188,697
124,616
66.0
117,261
62.1
7,355
5.9

61,968
63,919
78.0
61,033
74.5
2,248
58,785
2,887
4.5

83,013
64,593
77.8
61,606
74.2
2,371
59,235
2,986
4.6

83,092
64,622
77.8
61,200
73.7
2,261
58,939
3,422
5.3

81,968
63,967
78.0
61,033
74.5
2,292
58,741
2,934
4.6

82,790
64,344
77.7
61,196
73.9
2,262
58,934
3.148
4.9

82,862
64,362
77J
61,143
73.8
2.246
58.897
3,219
5.0

82,940
64,573
77.9
61,264
73.9
2,295
56.969
3.309
5.1

83,013
64,559
77.8
61,270
73.8
2,271
58.999
3,289
5.1

83,092
64,649
77.8
61,185
73.6
2,305
58,880
3,464
5.4

90,952
53,117
58.4
50,687
55.7
612
50,075
2.430
4.6

91,857
53,533
58.3
50,915
55.4
666
50,249
2,618
4.9

91,963
53,394
58.1
50,751
55.2
609
50,142
2.643
5.0

90,952
52,541
57.8
50,043
55.0
624
49,419
2,498
4.8

91,581
53,211
58.1
50,719
55.4
585
50,135
2,492
4.7

91,688
53,315
58.1
50.699
' 55.3
639
50,060
2.616
4.9

91,765
53,121
57,9
50,489
55.0
619
49,870
2,632
5.0

91,857
52.983
57.7
50,370
54.8
619
49,752
2,613
4.9

91,963
52,830
57.4
50,119
54.5
621
49,499
2,711
5.1

14,097
7,628
54.1
6,449
45.7
173
6,275
1,179
15.5

13,655
6,895
50.5
5.777
42.3
243
5,534
1,117
16.2

13,642
6.805
49.9
5,660
41.5
186
5,474
1.145
16.8

14,097
7,980
56.6
6,760
48.0
244
6,516
1,220
15.3

13,764
7.212
52.4
6,038
43.9
239
5,799
1,174
16.3

13.711
6,983
50.9
5,615
42.4
251
5,564
1,168
16.7

13,696
7.272
53.1
6.144
44.9
266
5,878
1,128
15.5

13.655
7,243
53.0
6,071
44.5
277
5,794
1,172
16.2

13,642
7,138
52.3
5.957
43.7
265
5,692
1,181
16.5

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 ratio*.
Agriculture
NonagricuJtural 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 ratio'..........
'.
Agriculture
;
;:
Nonagricultural industries
...;.......
...V
Unemployed
Unemployment rate ....;

".

I
I
j
|
|
|
|
I

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




s
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.
1989

Oct.
1990

Nov.
1990

Nov.
1989

July
1990

Aug.
1990

Sept.
1990

Oct.
1990

Nov.
1990

159,736
106,907
66.9
102,167
64.0
4,740
4.4

160,717
107,362
66.8
102,452
63.7
4,910
4.6

160,831
107,013
66.5
101,739
63.3
5,274
4.9

159,736
106,834
66.9
101,991
63.8
4,843
4.5

160,468
107,230
66.8
102,260
63.7
4,970
4.6

160,550
107,135
66.7
101,968
63.5
5,167
4.8

160,640
107,451
66.9
102,260
63.7
5,190
4.8

160,717
107,238
66.7
102,013
63.5
5,225
4.9

160,831
106,942
66.5
101.536
63.1
5,406
5.1

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Employment-population ratio3
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
,

55,632
78.4
53,457
75.4
2,174
3.9

56,119
78.3
53,900
75.2
2,219
4.0

56,101
78.2
53,536
74.6
2,565
4.6

55,676
78.5
53,482
75.4
2,194
3.9

55,895
78.1
53,576
74.9
2,318
4.1

56,035
78.3
53,613
74.9
2,423
4.3

56,144
78.4
53,721
75.0
2,423
4.3

56,111
78.3
53,632
74.8
2,479
4.4

56,143
78.2
53,536
74.6
2,607
4.6

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

44,809
57.9
43,094
55.7
1,715
3.8

45,302
58.0
43,441
55.7
1,862
4.1

45,098
57.7
43,210
55.3
1,888
4.2

44,360
57.3
42,586
55.0
1,774
4.0

45,120
57.9
43,321
55.6
1,799
4.0

45,100
57.9
43,227
55.5
1.873
4.2

45,000
57.7
43,112
55.3
1,888
4.2

44,888
57.5
43,011
55.1
1,877
4.2

44,650
57.2
42,698
54.7
1,952
4.4

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Employment-population ratio3
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Men
Women

6,467
56.8
5,616
49.3
851
13.2
14.8
11.5

5,941
54.2
5,111
46.6
829
14.0
15.0
12.8

5,813
53.1
4,992
45.6
821
14.1
15.8
12.3

6,798
59.7
5,923
52.0
875
12.9
14.3
11.3

6,216
56.1
5,363
48.4
853
13.7
15.1
12.3

5,999
54.3
5,128
46.4
871
14.5
15.7
13.2

6,306
57.3
5,427
49.3
879
13.9
15.3
12.5

6,239
56.9
5,370
49.0
869
13.9
14.8
13.0

6,149
56.2
5,302
48.5
847
13.8
15.0
12.3

21,136
13,614
64.4
12,056
57.0
1,558
11.4

21,383
13,497
63.1
11,957
55.9
1,539
11.4

21,417
13,608
63.5
11,969
55.9
1,639
12.0

21,136
13.576
64.2
11,954
56.6
1,622
11.9

21,318
13,379
62.8
11,870
55.7
1,510
11.3

21,337
13,366
62.6
11,791
55.3
1,575
11.8

21,361
13,470
63.1
11.839
55.4
1.631
12.1

21,383
13,493
63.1
11,903
55.7
1,590
11.8

21,417
13,563
63.3
11,881
55.5
1,683
12.4

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
..........................................
Employment-population ratio1
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

6,230
74.0
5,599
66.5
631
10.1

6,339
74.1
5,670
66.3
668
10.5

6,348
74.3
5,637
66.0
711
11.2

6,247
74.2
5,587
66.4
660
10.6

6,293
73.9
5,617
65.9
676
10.7

6,235
73.1
5,572
65.4
663
10.6

6,330
74.1
5,580
65.3
750
11.8

6,351
74.3
6,631
65.8
721
11.3

6,356
74.4
5,626
65.9
730
11.5

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
,
Employed
,
2
Employment-population ratio
,
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

6,480
61.4
5,835
55.3
645
10.0

6,389
59.7
5,762
53.8
628
9.8

6,452
60.2
5,808
54.2
644
10.0

6,373
60.4
5,722
54.2
651
10.2

6,328
59.4
5,735
53.8
592
9.4

6,358
59.6
5,730
53.7
628
9.9

6,361
59.5
5,705
53.4
656
10.3

6,335
59.2
5,722
53.5
613
9.7

6,359
59.3
5,711
53.3
.649
10.2

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

904
41.6
622
28.7
282
31.2
31.6
30.4

768
36.1
526
24.7
243
31.6
31.0
32.2

809
37.5
524
24.3
285
35.2
33.1
37.7

956
44.0
645
29.7
311
32.5
32.3
32.7

758
35.4
517
24.1
241
31.8
32.3
31.2

773
36.1
489
22.8
284
36.7
38.4
35.0

779
36.5
554
25.9
225
28.9
30.6
26.9

807
37.9
550
25.8
257
31.8
30.7
33.1

848
39.4
544
25.3
304
35.8
33.5
38.5

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

BLACK
Civilian noninstitutional population
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Employment-population ratio*
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

See footnotes at end of table.



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HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-3. Employment status of tht civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin—Continued
(Numbers in thousands)
Not seasonally adjusted
Employment status, race, sex, age, and
Hispanic origin

Seasonally adjusted'

Nov.
1989

HISPANIC ORIGIN
Civilian noninstitutional population
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
"...
Employed
Employment-population ratio1
Unemployed
,
Unemployment rate .;.
,

,
....
,

13,977
9.473
67.8
8,719
82.4
764
8.0

14,435
9,553
66.2
8.618
61.1
735
7.7

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

14,474
9,508
65.7
8,682
60.0
826
8.7

; 13.977 .14,317 \ 14,356
' 9.424
9,665
9.707
i
67.4
67.5 ,
67.6
; 8,672
8,699
8.951
j
62 0 :
62.2
62.3
752 •
767
757
8.01
7.9
7.8

14,396
9,643
67.0
8.808
61.2
835
8.7

14,435 j 14,474
9.557 ' 9,452
66.2
65.3
8,783
B.639
60.8
59.7
774
813
8.1
8.6

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)
Seasonally adjusted

Not seejsonatty adjusted
Category
Nov.
1069

Oct.
1000

Nov.
1990

Nov.
1989

July
1990

Aug.
1990

[•Sept-""
1990

Nov
1900

Oct.
1990
i

CHARACTERISTIC
117.658
40,604
29,949
6,365

117,898
40,919
29,780
6,382

117,711
40,870
29.772
6,342

117,261
40.875
29,621
6.325

1,666
1,357
93

1,808
1,275
112

1,743
1,330
96

1,677
1,390
127

105.885 105.691
17,842
17,788
87,849
i 88,097
|
969
.
1.033
! 67,108 ' 86.816
| 8.709 i 8,629
269 | 229

105,800
17,555
88,246
1.074
87,171
8,810
235

105,337
17,679
87,658
1,005
86,653
8,880
242

105,039
17,611
87.428
967
86.462
8,775
260

5,036
2,424
2.123
15.377

5,365
2,654
2,462
15,283

5,462
2,627
2,403
15,105

5,450
2,797
2,377
14.953

4,780
2,242
2,069
14,899

5,093
2,481
2,386
14,858

5,182
2.436
2.333
14,688

5.201
2.645
2,296
14.559

118,168
40,058
30,106
6,420

118,299
41,156
30,150
6,399

117,611
40,957
30,036
6,401

1,500
1,343
100

1,700
1,396
04

1,595
1.352
109

106,241
16,042
66,100
1,039
67,160
8,645
249

105,734
17,944
87,790
1,030
86.760
9,049
236

105,451
17,981
87.469
982
86,487
8,663
241

105,960
17,681
88.279
1,051
....
87,228
8,528
264

AN industries:
Part time for economic reasons ..
Slack work '.
Could only find part-time work..
Voluntary part time

4.737
2,374
2.054
16,437

5,052
2.522
2,172
16,042

5,357
2,861
2,239
16,149

4,803
2.297
2,162
15,254

Nonagricultural industries:
Part time for economic reasons .
Slack work
Could only find part-time work.
Voluntary part time

4,4*6
2,175
2,006
16,035

4.788
2,324
2,114
15,628

5,092
2,666 .
2,181 i
15,782 »•

4,552 | 4.710
2,132
2,408
2.048
2,097
14,922
14,805

Civilian employed, 16 years and over
Married men, spouse present
Married women, spouse present
Women who maintain families

117,836 117,953
40,886 I 40,545
29,767 ; 29,909
6,351 ! 6,380

MAJOR INDUSTRY AND CLAM OF WORKER
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

........
,

*

»

1,687
1,373 I
1221

1.628
1.377
96

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME1
: 4,870
j 2,565
! 2,070
j 15,311
I

t

•" Excludes persons ''with a job but not at wvJ'* during the survey
period for such reasons as vacation, illness, or in-i.-tnal dispute.




HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

1989

Monthly data

1990

1990

IV

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

LM Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer as a percent of the
civilian labor force

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.4

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

2.4

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.7

2.8

2.8

3.1

U-3 Unemployed persons 25 years and over as a percent of the
civilian labor force for persons 25 years and over
•

4.0

4.1

4.2

4.1

4.4

4.5

4.4

4.8

U-4 Unemployed full-time jobseekers as a percent of the
full-time civilian labor force

5.0

5.0

4.9

5.0

5.2

5.4

5.5

5.7

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

5.2

5.3

5.2

5.2

5.5

5.6

5.6

5.8

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

53

5.3

5.2

5.3

5.6

5.7

5.7

5.9

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

7.2

7.2

7.2

7.3

7.6

7.8

7.9

U-7 Total full-time jobseekers plus 1/2 part-time jobseekers
plus 1 /2 total on part time for economic reasons plus discouraged
workers as a percent of the civilian labor force plus
discouraged workers less 112 of the part-time labor force

7.9

7.9

7.8

8.0

8.3

N.A.

N.A.

N.A.

N A = not available.
Table A-6. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted

Number of
unemployed persons
(in thousands)

Unemployment rates1

Category
Nov.
1939

Oct
1990

6.652
3,624
2,934
3.028
2,498
1.220

7,073
3,918
3,289
3.156
2,613
1,172

1,296
566

Nov.
1989

July
1990

Aug.
1990

Sept.
1990

Oct
1990

Nov.
1990

7,355
4,116
3,464
3,240
2,711
1,181

5.3
5.3
4.6
5.4
4.8
15.3

5.5
5.6
4.9
5.3
4.7
16.3

5.6
5.7
5.0
5.5
4.9
16.7

5.7
5.8
5.1
5.5
5.0
15.5

5.7
5.7
5.1
5.6
4.9
16.2

5.9
6.0
5.4
5.8
5.1
16.5

1,482
1,208
591

1.613
1,278

3.1
3.8
8.2

3.3
3.5
8.5

3.5
3.9
8.5

3.4
4.0
8.9

3.5
3.9
8.5

3.8
4.1
8.7

5,301
1,347

5,847
1.212

6,091
1,281

5.0
7.4
5.9

5.0
8.1
6.0

5.2
7.9
6.3

5.4
7.1
6.4

5.5
6.8
66

5.7
7.2
6.8

5,063

5.487
2.107
27
834
1,246
743

5,797
2.326
37
854

5.4
6.3
6.2
9.8
5.4
5.4
5.3
5.0
3.6
6.4
4.3
2.7
12.1

5.5
6.6
4.4
10.2
5.7
5.6
5.7
5.0
3.7
6.0
4.5
2.8

5.7
6.9
4.9
11.1
5.6
5.9
5.6
5.2
4.1
6.2
4.7
2.6
9.7

5.8
7.0
3.8
11.8
5.7
6.0
5.3
5.3
3.9
6.6
4.7
2.9
9.3

5.9
7.3
3.7
13.2
5.7
5.8
5.6
5.3
4.1
6.7
4.4
2.8
8.2

6.2
8.0
4.9
13.6
6.6
7.1
5.8
5.4
4.2
6.8
4.6
2.8
9.7

Nov.
1990

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
Married men, spouse present
Married women, spouse present
Women who maintain families
•
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Labor force time lost2

1.161

602

INDUSTRY
Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers
Goods-producing industries
Mining
Construction
:
Manufacturing
Durable goods
Nondurable goods
Service-producing industries
Transportation and public utilities
Wholesale and retail trade
Finance and service industries
Government workers
Agricultural wage and salary workers
1

Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.

1,870
48

' 620
1,202

716
486
3,193
227
1.535
1,431

496
232

Digitized for 2FRASER
Aggregate hours lost by the unemployed and persons on part time for


507

1.434
913
521
3,471
281
1,610
1.581
513

155

179

503
3,380

276
1,609
1.495

10.6

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

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSFHOLD DATA
Table A-7. Duration of unemployment
(Numbers in thousands)
Not seasonally adjusted
Weeks of unemployment
Nov.
1989

Oct.
1990

3.234
1.963
1,298

3,073
2.229
1.420

682
616

Nov.
1990

Nov.
1989

July
1990

Aug.
1990

Sept.
1990

Oct.
1990

Nov.
1990

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
Median duration, in weeks

3.258
1.991
1,422
765
657

3,120
2,159
1,513
809
704

3,325
2,048
1.609

767
653

3,326
2,255
1,630
866
764

845
764

1,620
872
748

11.6
4.5

11.8
5.4

12.4
5.4

11.6
4,6

12.0
5.2

12.3
5.2

100.0
49.8
30.2
20.0
10.5
9.5

100.0
45.7
33.2
21.1
11.4
9.7

100.0
46.1
31.3
22.6
12.0
10.6

100.0
48.8
29.8
21.9
11.5
9.8

100.0
45.9
31.8
22.3
11.9
10.4

100.0
474
29.3
23.0
12.1
10.9

3,044
2,479

•96
**'

3,323
2,308
1,778
960
815

12.6
6.2

11.9
0.0

12.4
5.8

100.0
42.6
34.7
82.7
12,2
10.5

100.0
43.8
33.9
22.3
12.6
9.7

ioo.0

3.101
2,405
1,581

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

44.9
31.2
24.0
13.0
11.0

Table A-8. Reason for unemployment
(Numbers in thousands)
Settonatfy tdgusttd

Not seasonally adjusted
Reasons
. i

Sept
1990

Nov.
1989

Oct.
1990

Nov.
1990

Nov.
1969

July
1990

Auo,
1990

3.023
912
2.111
1,051
1.602
619

3,109
808
2,301
1.030
1,957
625

3,743
1,104
2.639
1.00?
1,878
567

3,092
969
1.049
1,845
695

3,367
973
2,394
984
1,879
677

3.911
1,127

M23

3,088
960
2.128
1.027
1.960
687

1000
46.5
14.0
32.5
16.2
27.7
9.5

100.0
46.3
12.0
34.2
15.3
29.1
9.3

100.0
51.9
15.3
36.6
13.9
26.0
8.1

100.0
46.3
14.5
31.8
15.7
27.6
10.4

100.0
45.7
14.2
31.5
15.2
29.0
10.2

100.0
48.7
14.1
34.7
14.3
27.2
9.8

2.5
8
1.6
.6

2.7
.8
1.5
.5

Oct.
1990

Nov.
1990

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Job losers
On layoff
Other job losers
Job leavers
Reentrants
New entrants

3,693
1,020
2,513
970
1,904

3.615
1,177
2,639
994

m

655

100.0
49.5
15.9
33.6
13.2
28.0
9.3

100.0
49.8
14.4
35.4
13.7
26.9
9*

100.0
51.7
16.0
35.8
13.5
25.9
8.9

2.8
7
1.8
.5

26
.8

3.1
.8
1.5
.5

3
834
1.985
456

1,914

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




24
8
1.4
.5

25 i
•8 ;

1.6 i
.5

30
8
1.5
.5

2.5 :

1.6
.6

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-9. Unemployed persons by s#x and age, seasonally adjusted

Number o f
unemployed persons
(in thousands)

Unemployment rates'

Sex and age
Nov.
1989

Oct.
1990

Nov.
1990

Nov.
1989

July
1990

Aug.
1990

Sept
1990

Oct
1990

Nov.
1990

6,652
2,472
1,220
548
665
1,252
4,188
3,686
496

7,073
2,493
1,172
508
660
1,321
4,595
4,036
556

7,355
2,430
1,181
512
666
1,249
4,931
4,451
516

5.3
11.3
15.3
17.4
13.8
9.0
4.1
4.2
3.2

5.5
11.0
16.3
17.4
15.2
8.3
4.3
4.5
3.2

5.6
11.5
16.7
19.2
15.0
8.8
4.4
4.6
3.5

5.7
11.6
15.5
18.4
14.4
9.6
4.5
4.7
3.3

5.7
11.8
16.2
18.8
14.6
9.6
4.4
4.6
3.6

5.9
11.6
16.5
18.6
15.2
9.1
4.8
6.0
3.4

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
,

3,624
1.360
690
312
382
690
2,256
1,967
303

3,918
1,330
629
257
371
701
2,606
2,257
360

4,116
1,349
652
284
371
697
2,777
2.485
344

5.3
12.0
16.7
19.0
15.1
9.4
4.0
4.1
3.5

5.6
11.6
17.5
18.4
16,3
8.5
4.4
4.5
3.6

5.7
11.6
17.8
21.5
15.5
8.5
4.6
4.6
3.8

5.6
12.0
16.7
18.8
16.2
9.5
4.6
4.7
3.8

5.7
12.0
16.5
18.1
15.7
9.7
4.5
4.7
4.1

6.0
12.2
17.3
19.2
16.1
9.6
4.8
5.1
3.9

Women, 16 years and over.

3,028
1,092
530
236
283
562
1,930
1,721
193

3,156
1,163
543
251
289
620
1,989
1,779
196

3,240
1,081
529
228
295
552
2,154
1,966
172

5.4
10.4
13.8
15.7
12.3
8.5
4.2
4.4
2.9

5.3
10.4
14.9
16.4
13.9
8.0
4.2
4.4
2.6

5.5
11.4
15.6
16.6
14.4
9,3
4.3
4.5
3.1

5.5
11.2
14,2
17.9
12.6
9.6
4.4
4.6
2.6

5.6
11.6
15.8
19.6
13.4
9.4
4.3
4.5
3.0

5.8
10.9
15.7
17.9
14.3
8.5
4.7
4.9
2.7

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

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.
1989

Oct
1990

Nov.
1990

Nov.
1989

Jury
1990

Aug.
1990

Sept.
1990

Oct
1990

Nov.
1990

27,280
17,757
65.1

27,808
17,658
63.5
15,846
57.0
1,811
10.3
10,150

27,866
17,809
63.9
15,872
57.0
1,936
10.9
10.057

27,280
17,686

27,668
17.448
63.1
15,655

27,711
t7.498
63.1
15,671

27,808
17.614
63.3
15,746

27,866
17,741

56.6
1,793

56.6
1.826

10.3
10,220

10.4
10,213

27,761
17,527
63.1
15,629
56.3
1,897
10.8
10,234

16,002
58.7

1,755
9.9
9,524

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




64.8
15,861
58.1
1,825
10.3

9,594

56.6
1,868

63.7
15,752
56.5
1.989

10.6
10,194

11.2
10,125

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

HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

Unemployed

Unemployment rate

Occupation
Nov.
1989
Total, 16 years and over;

Nov.
1989

Nov.
1990

j 118,168

117,611 !

Nov.
1990

Nov.
1989

Nov.
1990

6,495

7,211

5.2

5.8

30,727 |
14,637
16,089

30,858
14,716
16.142

625
366
259

630
367
264

2.0
2.4
1.6

2.0
2.4
1.6

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

36,844
3,730
14,393
18,721

36,531

1.462

3,852
13,976
18,703

66
645
731

1,718
102
791
624

3.8
2.3
4.3
3.8

4.5
2.6
5.4
4.2

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

15,352
849
1.917
12.586

15,747
792
12,983

1,133
56
68
1,009

1,208
52
80
1,076

6.9
6.1
3.4
7.4

7.1
6.1
3.9
7.7

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

14,124
4,566
5,358
4,200

13,494
4,389
5,108
3,997

693
139
403
152

942
200
537
205

4.7
2.9
7.0
3.5

6.5
4.4
9.5
4.9

17,932
8.174
4.913
4,845
692
4,153

17,823
8,081
5,025
4,718
746
3,971

1,559
690
276
592
144
448

1,814
758
332
724
205
518

6.0
7.8
5.3

9.2
8.6
6.2

10.9
17.3

9.7

13.3
21.6
11.5

3,190

3,156

295

236

8.5

7.0

..•
..j

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

.

/.

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 ..
Farming, forestry, and fishing

1,972

' 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 mad Vietnam-em veterans and nonveterans by age, not seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
Civilian labor force

Veteran status
and age

Civilian
noninstitutional
population

Unemployed
Employed

Total

Number
Nov.
-1990

Nov.

Nov.

1999

1999

Nov.
1989

Nov.
1990

6,575
5,917
1,449
3,025
1,444
658

6,702
5,878
1,166
2,937
1.776
824

277
222
66
109
47
55

342
301
71
143
87
41

4.0
3.6
4.4
3.5
3.1
7.7

4.9
4.9
5.7
4.6
4.7
4.7

I
15,641
16,767 I 15,053
7,246
7,745
6,943
4,565
5,143 ; 4,420
3,829 ! 3,879 | 3,690

15,985
7,361
4,948
3,676

587
303
145
139

782
385
195
203

3.8
4.2
3.2
3.6

4.7
5.0
3.8
5.2

Nov.
1990

Nov.
1999

7,519
6,496
1,614
3.307
1,575
1,023

7,689
6,494
1,319
3,223
1,952
1,195

6,852
6,140
1.515
3,134
1.491
713

16,615
7,614
4,843
4,158

17,812
8.137
5,474
4,202

Nov.

Percent of
labor force
Nov.
Nov.
1990
1999

VIETNAM-ERA VETERANS
Total. 35 years and over
35 \o 49 years
35 to 39 years
40 to 44 years
45 to 49 years
50 years and over
NONVETERANS
Total, 35 to 49 years
35 to 39 years
40 to 44 years
45 to 49 years

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




7,044
6,179
1,236
3,080
1,863
865

|
"
|
!
i

those 35 to 49 years of age, the group that most closely corresponds to
the bulk of the Vietnam-era veteran population.

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-13. Employment status of the civilian population for eleven large States
(Numbers in thousands)
Seasonally adjusted3

Not seasonally adjusted'
State and employment status

Nov.
1989

Oct.
1990

Nov.
1990

Nov.
1989

July
1990

Aug.
1990

Sept.
1990

Oct.
1990

Nov.
1990

21.642
14,701
13,982
719
4.9

22,078
14,659
13,826
832
5.7

22,122
14,663
13,711
952
6.5

21,642
14,653
13,913
740
5.1

21,961
14,751
13,995
756
5.1

21.999
14,816
14,010
806
5.4

22,039
14,616
13,747
869
5.9

22,078
14,613
13,729
884
6.0

22.122
14,596
13,622
974
6.7

9,979
6,237
5,890
347
5.6

10,188
6,475
6,076
399
6.2

10,209
6,460
6.052
408
6.3

9,979
6,258
5,905
353
5.6

10,132
6,313
5,953
360
5,7

10.150
6,365
5,939
426
6.7

10,169
6.450
6,061
389
6.0

10,188
6.454
6,054
400
6.2

10,209
6,487
6,076
411
6.3

8,849
6,068
5,684
384
6.3

8,885
6,044
5,699
346
5.7

8.890
6,056
5,697
359
5.9

8,849
6,065
5,669
396
6.5

8,876
6,102
5,691
411
6.7

8,878
5,954
5,568
386
6.5

8,882
6,008
5,573
435
7.2

8,685
6,034
5,676
358
5.9

8,890
6,044
5,682
362
6.0

4,619
3,140
3.013
127
4.0

4,620
3,116
2.930
186
6.0

4,621
3,108
2.903
205
6.6

4,619
3,165
3.025
140
4.4

4,620
3,157
2.963
194
6.1

4,620
3,171
2,960
211
6.7

4,621
3.187
2.988
199
6.2

4,620
3,136
2.937
199
6.3

4.621
3.134
2,915
219
7.0

6,991
4,660
4,338
322
6.9

7,004
4,563
4,236
327
7.2

7,006
4,545
4,218
326
7.2

6,991
4,626
4,287
339
7.3

7,001
4,614
4.271
343
7.4

7,002
4,599
4,237
362
7.9

7.003
4,568
4,237
331
7.2

7,004
4,524
4.191
333
7.4

7,006
4,499
4,154
345
7.7

6,032
4,010
3,822
188
4.7

6.026
4,068
3,848
220
5.4

6,027
4,052
3.843
209
5.2

6,032
4,034
3,834
200
5.0

6.028
4,073
3,879
194
4.8

6,028
4,066
3,872
194
4.8

6,027
4,083
3,870
213
5.2

6,026
4,126
3,901
225
5.5

6,027
4,073
3,851
222
5.5

13,806
8,749
8,307
442
5.1

13,799
8,623
8,161
462
5.4

13,601
8,569
8,117
452
5.3

13,806
8,738
8,278
460
5.3

13,802
8,686
8,222
464
5.3

13.801
8,586
8,155
431
5.0

13,801
8,751
8.267
484
5.5

13,799
8.632
8,151
481
5.6

13,801
8,546
8,086
460
5.4

4,961
3,377
3,281
96
2.8

5,016
3,380
3.232
148
4.4

5,022
3,384
3,212
172
5.1

4,961
3,373
3,275
98
2.9

5,002
3,410
3.252
158
4.6

5,006
3,370
3,247
123
3.6

5,012
3,407
3,280
127
3.7

5.016
3,367
3,212
155
4.6

5,022
3,375
3.202
173
5.1

8,271
5,434
5,113
321
5.9

8,291
5,493
5,187
306
5.6

8,295
5,463
5,176
287
5.3

8,271
5,415
5,081
334
6.2

8,286
5,411
5,104
307
5.7

8,288
5,446
5,174
272
5.0

8,290
5,450
5.166
284
5.2

8,291
5,470
5,145
325
5.9

8,295
5.442
5.145
297
5.5

California
Civilian noninstitutional population
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
T
Florida
Civilian noninstitutional population
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
,...,
Unemployment rate

,

Illinois
Civilian noninstitutional population .
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Massachusetts
Civilian noninstitutional population
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

.

Michigan
Civilian noninstitutional population ....
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

Civilian noninstitutional population ,.
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

,

New York
Civilian noninstitutional population
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
North Carolina
Civilian noninstitutional population
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

,...
,.
,.

Ohio
Civilian noninstitutional population
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
See footnotes at end of table.




HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-13. Employment status of the civilian population for eleven large States—Continued
(Numbers in thousands)
Seasonally adjusted2

Not seasonally adjusted1
State and employment status

Nov.
1989

Oct.
1990

Nov.
1990

Nov.
1989

July
1990

9,376
5,901
5,600
301
5.1

9,395
5,897
5,550
346
5.9

9,398
5,911
5,563
347
5.9

9,376
5,910
5,598
312
5.3

9,390
5.869
5,574
295
5.0

9,392
5,777
5,496
261
4.9

12,276
8,515
7,927
588
6.9

12,416
8,406
7,961
445
5.3

12,432
8,524
7,941
583
6.6

12,276
8,450
7,854
596
7.1

12,379
8,371
7,853
518
6.2

12,391
8,325
7,833
492
5.9

Aug.
1990

Sept.
1990

Oct.
1990

Nov.
1990

9,393
5,850
5,531
319
5.5

9,395
5,897
5,535
362
6.1

9,398
5,929
5,571
358
6.0

12,404
6,484
7,953
531
6.3

12,416
8,398
7,916
482
5.7

12,432
6,470
7,878
592
7.0

Pennsylvania
Civilian noninstitutional population
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

,

Texaa
Civilian noninstitutional population
Civilian labor fores
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

1
These are the official Bureau of Labor Statistics1 estimates used in the
administration of Federal fund allocation programs.
1
The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,




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

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-l. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by. industry
( I n thousands)

Seasonally adjusted

Not seasonally adjusted
Industry
Nov.
1959
Total

Sept.
1990

Oct.
199Op/

Nov.
1

Goods-producing industries.
Mining
Oil and gas extraction.
Construction
General building contractors.
Manufacturing
Production workers.
Durable goods
Production workers.
Lumber and wood products
Furniture and fixtures
Stone* clay, and glass products
Primary metal industries
Blast furnaces and basic steel products.
Fabricated metal products
Industrial machinery and equipment
Electronic and other electrical equipment.
Transportation equipment.
Motor vehicles and equipment
Instruments and related products
Miscellaneous manufacturing
Nondurable goods
Production workers
Food and kindred products
Tobacco products
Textile mill products
Apparel and other textile products
Paper and - H i e d products
Printing and publishing
Chemicals and allied products
Petroleum and coal products
Rubber and misc. plastics products
Leather and leather products
Service-producing industries.

Aug.
1990

Oct.

INov.
|1990fi/

92,602

92,378

91,344

92,300

92,320

92,306

92,100

91,830

25,512

25,339

25,126

24,753

25,280

25,105

25,013

24,931

24,779

24,524

746
745
749
416.2
413.3
423.1
5,340
5,445
5,169
1,354.6 1,325.0 1,283.7
19,148 19,041 18,835
13,031 12,942 12,771
11,109 11,059 10,917
7,347
7,381
7,227

716
394

745
413

735
410

735
413

742
9

5,258
1,339

5,229
1,319

5,194
1,307

736
410
5,176
1,306

5,095
1,279

5,033
1,256

19,306
13,144

19,131
13,010

19,084
12,963

19,019
12,899

18,949
12,849

18,749
12,691

11,314
7,519

11,179
7,438

11,129
7,395

11,068
7,337

11,027
7,313

10,868
7,182

716
503 _
545.4
745.8
269.9
1,397.5
2,063.3
1,664.9
1,909.5
755.4
984.2
386.1

752
521
567
760
272
1,429
2,129
1,732
2,023
826
1,018
383

742
511
552
759
271
1,419
2,104
1,695
2,015
824
996
386

730
513
551
755
271
1,419
2,096
1,685
1,99/
814
990
384

737
510
547
751
270
1,410
2,082
1,674
1,981
806
991
385

730
508
546
751
271
1,405
2,080
1,666
1,969
803
988
384

716
498
541
746
272
1,389
2,063
1,653
1,900
749
983
379

7,918
5,544

7,992
5,625

7,952
5,572

7,955
5,573

7,951
5,562

7,922
5,536

7,881
5,509

1,650
46
637
1,022
698
1,578
1,088
1611
8691
123

1,644
46
683
1,012
698
1,573
1,088
162
854
121

723
398.4
5,398
1,369.5
19,391
13,221
11,364
7,563
752
526
571
760
270
1,437
2,128
1,743
2,033
833,
1,019,
390

749.9

736

511.1
511
558.3
553
753.2
750
269
270.4
1,415.9 1,412
2,075.8 2,073

1,679.2 1,674
1,985.2 1,969
805.
813.3
987,
989.7
391,
390.6

8,027
5,658

8,039
5,650

1,666.4
49.4
720.4
071.8
697.5
1,576.5
1,074.3
158.4
j 877.9
134.7
84,656

1,733.4

7,982
5,595

,696.6 1,660.1
48.6
47.6
689.7
685.2
,029.1 1,020.0
698.7
699.0
,574.3 1,579.6

49.0,
700.0

1,031.5
701.01
1,572.91

1,089.3! ,085.4 1,084.8
162.4
162.91 162.8
856.7
872.51 871.8
124.5
122.4
126.2
85,571

86,045

5,916
3,696
2,220

5,925
3,707
2,218

86,351
5,914
3,701
2,213

Hholesale trade
Durable goods....
Nondurable goods.

6,344
3,760
2,584

6,382
3,759
2,623

6,368
3,750
2,618

6,348
3,743
2,605

20,0311 19,884
Retail trade
2,712.112,436.7
General merchandise stores
3,279.413,297.0
Food stores
Automotive dealers and service stations... 2,112.212,154.5
6,463.6 6,768.5
Eating and drinking places

19,807
2,472.5
3,313.2
2,139.1
6,619.4

20,035
2,588.4
3,350.8
2,122.7
6,592.9

Finance/ insurance, and real e-state.
Finance
Insurance
Real estate

I

92,879

5,735
3,566
2,169

6,861
6,828
6,814
3,342
3,333
3,334
2,148
2,146
2,149
1,347
1,373
1,331
27,519 28,497 28,548 28,514
5,023.8 5,132.2 5,120.9 5,076.2
7,738.7 8,237.2 8,285.1 8,351.5
18,275 18,031 18,569 18,726
2,970
2,987
2,971
2,958
4,332
4,244
4,410
4,438
10,973 10,800 11,188 11,330
6,752
3,320
2,110
1,322

JL

718
1,064
697
1,571
1,077
158
875
133
83,965

1,645
46
702
1,027
701
1,583
1,088
160
874
126

1,650
43
701
1,026
702
1,582
1,086
161
87*i
125

1,652
47
697
1,027
700
1,581
1,088
161
373
125

85,635

85,600

85,681

85,655

85,643

5,693
3,523
2,170

5,341
3,625
2,216

5,346
3,631
2,215

5,370
3,652
2,218

5,870
3,657
2,213

6,335
3,760
2,575
19,714
2,542
3,240
2,116
6,511

6,374
3,775
2,599

6,376
3,770
2,606

6,370
3,763
2,607

5,874
3,656
2,218
6,350
3,750
2,600

6,338
3,743
2,595

19,851
2,494
3,304
2,131
6,619

19,845 19,844
2,486
2,4931
3,304
3,301
2,140
2,135
6,623
6,613

19,787
2,465
3,307
2,131
6,633

19,719
2,426
3,311
2,127
6,639

6,774
3,327
2,114
1,333

6,842
3,341
2,147
1,354

6,851
3,349
2,152
1,350

6,847
2,154
1,347

6,836
3,341
2,153
1,342

27,548
4,990
7,743

28,287
5,051
8,132

28,387 1 28,440
5,071
5,0521
8,1911 8,237

28,463
5,060
8,293

28,543
5,041
8,352

17,901
2,982
4,212
10,707

18,440
3,164
4,298
10,978

18,2931 18,306
3,0451
2,999
4,3051
4,309
10,9431 10,998

18,334
2,989
4,311
11,034

18,337
2,970
4,312

6,852
3,3491
2,1511
1*3521

- preliminary.




Sept.
1990

91,893

Transportation and public utilities...
Transportation
Communications and public utilities.

Government.
Federal..
State
Local

July
1990

110,168 110,910 111,171 111,104 109,245 110,740 110,613 110,612 110,434 110,167

Total private.

Services
Business services.
Health services...

Nov.
1939

Note on temporary census workers
The number of temporary workers associated with the 1990 census has an Impact on the employment levels for the Federal government, as well as for higher aggregates. The estimate of these workers
was 22,000 In January, 27,000 in February, 117,000 in March, 178,000 in April, 378,000 in May,
367,000 in June, 194,000 In July, 66,000 in August, 26,000 in September, and 23.000 in October.
For November, the estimated number (preliminary) was 12,000.

11,054

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers!/ on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
Seasonally adjusted

Not seasonally adjusted
Industry

((ov.

1989
Total private
Mining

Constructi on
Manufacturing
Overtime hours
Durable goods
Overtime hours
Lumber and wood products
Furniture and fixtures
Stone* clayr and glass products
Primary metal industries
Blast furnaces and basic steel products
Fabricated metal products
Industrial machinery and equipment
Electronic and other electrical equipment
Transportation equipment
Motor vehicles and equipment
Instruments and related products
Miscellaneous manufacturing
*
Nondurable goods
Overtime hours
Food and kindred products.
Tobacco products
Textile mill products.. ..
Apparel and other textile products
Paper and allied products
Printing and publishing
Chemicals and allied products
Petroleum and coal products
Rubber and misc. plastics products
,
Leather and leather products
Transportation and public utilities...,
Hholesale trade
Reteil trade.
Finance, insurance* and real estate..
Services..

34.5
43.8

Oct.
1990E/

Nov.
1990 fi /

Nov.
1989

July
1990

Aug.
1990

Sept.
1990

Oct.
1990E>'

Nov.
1990 £ /

34.8

34.4

34.3

34.5

34.5

34.5

34.7

34.2

34.4

45.1

44.5

44.0

43.7

43.7

43.9

44.7

43.9

43.9

39.0

33.0

38.3

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

C2)

(2)

41.3

40.9

40.8

40.7

40.9

41.0

41.0

40.7

40.5

41.8

41.4

41.3

41.2

41.5

41.5

41.7

41.3

40.9

40.9
39.7
42.7
43.2
43.9
41.8
42.2
41.2
42.9
44.0
41.3
39.9

40.1
39.2
41.9
42.7
43.6
41.4
42.0
40.9
42.5
43.4
41.0
40.2

39.4
38.9
41.9
42.6
43.2
41.2
42.1
41.2
41.3
40.4
41.4
40.6

40.2
39.4
42.4
42.5
43.0
41.3
42.2
40.8
41.0
42.3
41.0
39.7

40.2
39.6
41.7
43.1
44.1
41.7
42.0
40.7
42.8
43.6
41.2
39.5

40.4
39.4
42..
42. <
43..
41. <
40.<
42. i
43.7
41.3
39.9

40.7
39.1
42.2
43.0
43.*
41.6
42.1
41 1
42.8
43.5
41.3
39.9

39,7
38.6
41.2
42.8
43.9
41.2
42.1
40.7
42.5
43.0
.41.0
39.8

39.5
38.5
41.7
42.4
43.2
40.7
41.9
40.8
41.0
39.8
41,0
40.0

40.6
6t «1X

40.2

40.2

40.1

40.1

40.2

40.2

40.0

39.9

41.9
40.9
40.5
36.7
43.7
38.5
42.7
45.3
41.6
37.5

40.9
40.<
40.]
36. <
43.;
38.:
42. t
43.7
41.2
37.1

40.8
40.7
40.0
36.7
43.8
38.0
42.9
44.1
41.2
36.6

40.8

40.5

41.0

41.2

40.5

40.4

40.1 i
37.: L
43,7
38.2
42.7
44.8
41.3
37.5

40.4
36.8
43.4
37.9
42.4

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

41.1
37.6

41.5
37.4

41.3
37.7

41.4
37.5

41.0
36.9

41.0
36.7

38.7

39.2

38.7

38.8

38.6

39.0

38.9

39.1

38.5

38.7

38.1

38.5

38.1

38.1

38.1

38.1

38.1

38.2

37.9

38.1
28.7

38.0
41.
o•
41.
40.
39. <
42. <i
42. 1
43.(
41.1
42.'
41.1
42.S i
41.<
40.i
40.'\
3•1
4 1 . S;
39 * 1

•

(2)

(2)

40.2
36.6
43.5
38.0
42.4

42.

(2)

40.0
36.6
43.5
38.2
42.3

(2)

40.0
36.6
43.2
38.0.
42.7

<2>

39.8
36.4
43.6
38.0
42.7

(2)
39.6
36.4
43.5
37.7
42.6

28.6

28.9

28.4

28.4

28.8

28.9

28.7

28.9

28.4

35.6

36.1

55.6

35.6

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

32.5

32.7

32.4

32.4

32.6

32.6

32.5

32.8

32.3

32.5

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




Sept.
1990

2/ These series are not published seasonally
adjusted since the seasonal component is small relative
to the trend-cycle and/or irregular components and
consequently cannot be separated with sufficient
precision*
P B preliminary.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production x*r nonsupervisory workers!/ on private nonfarm
payrolls by industry
Average hourly earnings

Average weekly earnings

Industry

Total private
Seasonally adjusted
Mining
Construction
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 metalj products
Industrial machinery and equipment
Electronic and other electrical equipment
Transportation equipment
Motor vehicles and equipment
Instruments and related products
Miscellaneous manufacturing
Nondurable goods
•.
Food and kindred products
Tobacco products
Textile mill products
Apparel and other textile products
Paper and allied products
Printing and publishing
Chemicals and allied products
Petroleum and coal products
Rubber and misc. plastics products
Leather and leather products

Nov.
1989

Sept.
1990

Oct.
1990£/

Nov.
1990&/

$9.81
9.78

$10.16
10.13

$10.15
10.12

$10.16
10.13
13.76
13.79
10.97

13.27

13.82

13.72

13.69

13.92

13.90

10.59

10.94

10.95

11.11
8.96
8.41
10.95
12.57
14.50
10.65
11.53
10.11
13.83
14.43
10.99
8.47

11.49
9.22
8.64
11.27
13.04
14.98
10.95
11.94
10.42
14.31
14.86
11.47
8.63

11.49
9.13
8.62
11.22
13.05
15.03
10.94
11.90
10.47
14.40
15.01
11.47
8.62

9.87
9.43
15.01
7.80
6.43
12.10
11.07
13.28
15.62
9.54
6.68

10.20
9.57
16.12
8.09
6.70
12.42
11.41
13.62
16.40
9.90

Transportation and public utilities

12.71

Wholesale trade

10.56

Finance, insurance? and real estate

9.67

<

1/

Oct.
1990

$338.45 $353.57 $349.16 $348.49
337.41 351.51 346.10 348.47
623.28

610.54

605.44

542.88

528.20

528.16

435.25

451.82

447.86

447.58

11.45
9.10
8.64
11.28
13.10
15.07
10.91
11.94
10.52
14.16
14.57
11.48

461.07
359.30
334.72
466.47
536.74
623.50
445.17
488.87
416.53
571.18
619.05
454.99
340.49

480.28
377.10
343.01
481.23
563.33
657.62
457.71
503.87
429.30
613.90
653.84
473.71
344.34

475.69
366.11
337.90
470.12
557.24
655.31
452.92
499.80
428.22
612.00
651.43
470.27
346.52

472.89
358.54
336.10
472.63
558.06
651.02
449.49
502.67
433.42
584.81
588.63
475.27
350.78

10.22
9.57
16.03
8.11
6.67
12.43
11.36
13.74
16.35
9.91

10.32
9.76
16.74
8.13
6.64
12.56
11.43
13.79
16.50

7.00

410.84
391.41
655.63
325.21
244.12
543.19
432.82
585.32
714.50
408.29
259.70

414.86
398.21
681.32
325.20
243.69
550.13
434.34
591.59
727.65
409.53
258;03

13.07

13.02

7.05
13.05
10.95
6.86
10.13
10.04

414.12
400.98
659.31
327.65
245.89
542.75
439.29
581.57
742.92
411.84
261.33

6.97

398.75
388.52
585.39
318.24
238.55
528.77
422.87
567.06
699.78
394.00
250.50
491.88

512.34

503.87

506.34

402.34

419.00

414.53

417.20

10.94

10.88

6.85

6.85

10.12
9.98

10.09
10.00

See footnote 1, table B-2.

8.64

9.94

189.62

197.97

194.54

194.82

344.25

365.33

359.20

360.63

312.33

326.35

324.00J 325.30

P = preliminary.

Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workersi/ on private nonfarm
payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Total private*
Current dollars
Constant (1982) dollars^/
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Excluding overtime^/
. . ..
Transportation and public utilities
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
........
Finance, insurance* and real estate
Services
•

Nov.
1989

July
1990

Aug.
1990

Sept.
1990

$9.78
7.62
.13.32
13.66
10.58
10.12
12.65
10.55
6.61
9.66
9.55

$10.07
7.58
13.79
13.76
10.89
10.40
13.02
10.84
6.79
10.08
9.92

$10.09
7.54
13.73
13.78
10.90
10.40
13.00
10.84
6.82
10.06
9.93

$10.13
7.50
13.83
13.82
10.93
10.44
13.02
10.94
6.83
10.17
9.98

1/ See footnote 1, table B-2.
2/ The Consumer Price Index for Urban
WagS Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is
used to deflate this series.
3/ Change was -0.7 percent from September
iL
1990 to October 1990, the
"' latest
' ' * month




Nov.
1990p/

520.22

9.61

Services

Sept.
1990

581.23

6.63

Retail trade

Nov.
19S9

Oct.
1990fi/

$10.12
7.45
13.82
13.80
10.97
10.50
12.98
10.90
6.84
10.10
9.97

Nov.
1990fi/

$10.13
N.A.
13.82
13.76
10.96
10.49
13.00
10.94
6.85
'10.11
9.98

Percent
change
front*
Oct, 1990Nov. 1990

0.1
-.3
-.1

-.1
!<•

.1
.1

available.
£/ Derived by assuming that overtime
hours *ru paid at the rate of time and one*
half.
N.A. = not available.
p/ - preliminary.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-5, Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workersi/ on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry
(1952=100)
Seasonally adjusted

Not seasonally adjusted
Industry
Nov.
1989
Total private
Goods-producing industries

Nov.
1989

July
1990

I

[

Aug.
1990

Se.ot. Oct.
19f^0 1990g/

124.2 126.51 124.6

124.1

123.5 124 ,8 124

125.3

123.1

123.4

111.0

109.0

111.6 110 51110

110.3

108.0

107.1

69.3

68.3

67.8

67.3

66.4

66.5

146.6 151.4

143.9

139.6

132.2

135.9

63. 8

66 91 66 .1

109.4 108.5

106.7

U43 0 1 1 5 8 41139 8 139.7
I
105.1 1108 0 1 1 0 7 4 1 1 0 7 11106.8

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
Industrial machinery and equipment
Electronic and other electrical equipment..
Transportation equipment
Motor vehicles and equipment
Instruments and related products
Miscellaneous manufacturing

108.8 107.0

105.5
128.6
124.2
109.2

103.3
122.6
121.2
107.7

92.3
80.4
107.3

91.3
.
80.2
I 105.6

Nondurable goods,
Food and kindred products
Tobacco products
Textile mill products
Apparel and other textile products
Paper and allied products
Printing and publishing
Chemicals and allied products
Petroleum and coal products
Rubber and ni«c* plastics products
Leather and leather products

110.3
111.5
72.4
105.3
98.4
111.8
128.5
104.9
88.3
127.7

110.7
119.7
74.2
101.0
93.0
112.2
129.0
104.4
92.1
127.4

64.5

59.6

Construction

*

Manufacturing

*

Service-p.'oducing industries.
Transportation and public utilities
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
Finance* insurance* and real estste

Services..

See footnote 1, table B-2.




Nov.
1990E'

113.4 113.8
65.0

Mining

I
I
Sept.I Oct.
I Nov
1990 |1990p/

133.9
126.1
112.5
93
81.7
108.5
96.9
108.2
121.9
132.1
86.5
89.5
108.3 106.9
131.7
131.0
115.0
93.6
80.2
110.4
100.3
112.8
120.:
132.6

129.0 132.2
113.2 117.8
119.0 120.3
125.1 125.1
120.5 123.9
141.9 147.5

96.3
107.1
119.9
129,
85,

96.2
107.3
111.5
110.9

107.8

86.2
106.9

108.5
113.6
73.4

107.5
110.3
70.8

98.5
92.7

111.8
127.8
103.6
88.7
126.3
58.1
130.7
116.6
119.5
122.7
121.4
146.5

97.6

92.1
112.3
128.1
104.8
59.5
123.8
So . I
lull. 9
1 I t\ 'i
118.9
124.0
121.1
146.4

1107 41107 11106
11S2 11129 71129
1128
1 5 81125
111* .61108 21100
I 93 . 1 I 9431 93
1 81..01 82 31 80
1108 .31108 M l 08
I 99 .81 ')& M 9«
i n n ., 8<\| |I 1083110/
2 4 K';>
11
1118 . 6 | 1 3 ."HJJ
A
1128 .0| 86 8 | 86
I 88 .A 1 01 51104
1104
I
107 7 1 1 0 8
11(18,
107 91109
1108.
t 68.
66 6 | 68
100 6 ) 1 0 0
1103.
I 96,8| 92 4 | 92
1110. 51111 61111
1127. 21129
129
1104. 8(104
103
I 88. 4| 88
88
112ft. 41127
126
\ 64. I | HI

105.5

103.6

51105.9 104.7
7113!).5 126.0
7112*.9 121.4
5II0I.7J 105.6
0| 9?.91 9 2 . 6
81 81.61 8 2 . 0
1110/. 4 1 0 6 . 0
II 9-J.8
96.9
21107.6 1 0 6 . 2
21121.3 1 1 9 . 8
1 2 J.I 127.5

101.9
122.9
118
106
90.8
81.0
103.4

8*.oj
107.9
104

110.4
68
99.4
92.3

110.8
6j123.3
21104.1
0| 80.9
81126.7

85.2
104.1
106.7

108.3
66.1
97.2
91.4

111.4
127.8
104.3
86.2

125.1

6| 5 4 8
56.7
I
i
| 128.8MM 21130
129.9
I
im.ai i \h « tI I I«i 2 1t 1 1 6 . 4 1
I
i
I
III I ft
I l f > 51110.61
1119.
I
122.4
|
8I1JS.I
1123.
I
I
11123.1 122,911?'..]
I 121
1121.
I
1142.41145.91146 01 !*• ,7| lftS.f.

I

preliminary.

95.6
105.5
109.8
108.2
84.8
103.1
10*.0
107.7
65.3
9f..

11!
126
104
88
122.9

5 S. *i
13U.8
115 S
118.A
121 I
121 .9

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table fi-6. Diffusion indexes of employment change* seasonally adjusted
(Percent)

Jan.

Time span

Feb.

jMar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Private nonfairm payrolls* 356 industriesl/
Over 1-month spam
1989
1990

64.5
55.6

58.7
58.6

58.0
53.7

57.0
49.9

55.6
55.8

57.3
49.9

55.8
50.8

57.7
48.2

Over 3-month spam
1989
1990

65.3
'58.4

64.2
56.7

60.0
54.8

60.1
53.1

59.7
53.7

58.3
55.3

59.7
50.1

55.2
55.8
54.5
45.2 fi/40.6 £'36.5

57.7

60.3

Over 6-month spant
1989
1990

67,6
57.3

65.4
56.5

65.0
55.5

61.0
55.9

61.2
51.4

58.7
57.0
48.3 B/45.6

58.1
fi/38.8

56.2

58.3

57.4

58.4

Over 12-month spam
1989
1990

67.1
54.8

67.7
54.1

64.6
65.3
54.1 £/51.0

64.9
E'46.8

60.0

59.8

58.6

57.3

56.7

56.0

61.2

50.0
45.8

59.6
55.2
E'41.7 E/40.2

56.6

Manufacturing payrolls, 139 industries.!'
Over 1-month spam
1989
1990

60.4
4H.4

48.6
45.7

50.4
45.3

47.1
46.8

45.3
45.7

45.7
40.3

45.0
48.2

45.7
40.6

48.6
34.2
38.1 E'36.3

43.5
E/27.7

48.2

Over 3-month spam
1989
1990

54.0
40.3

54.7
37.1

45.3
44.2

43.9
41.4

43.2
40.6

42.8
44.2

41.7
39.9

33.1
36.3
34.9
33.8 E/29.1 E'22.3

41.7

39.2

Over 6-month spam
1989
1990

56.5
37.1

49.6
35.6

49.3
36.3

43.5
43.2

42.1
38.1

37.1
36.7
31.7 B/28.8

53.6
31.3

55.0
31.3

49.3
30.6

B /28.1

45.3

43.9
fi/23.4

Over 12-month spam
1989
1990

i

1/ Based on seasonally adjust* id data for 1**, 3-# and
6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span.
Data are centered within the span.
£/ s preliminary.
NOTEi Figures are the percent of industries with




39.9

37.1

34.9
E/20.5

34.2

35.3

33.1 .

36.0

35.6

33.8

32.4

30.9

31.7

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.