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Technical information: Household data: (202) 691-6378 http://www.bls.gov/cps/ USDL 01-453 Establishment data: 691-6555 http://www.bls.gov/ces/ Media contact: 691-5902 Transmission of material in this release is embargoed until 8:30 A.M. (EST), Friday, December 7, 2001. THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: NOVEMBER 2001 Employment fell sharply for the second month in a row in November, and the unemployment rate rose to 5.7 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Nonfarm payroll employment dropped by 331,000, following an even larger decline in October. As was the case in October, job losses in November were widespread. Unemployment (Household Survey Data) The number of unemployed persons increased by 419,000 to 8.2 million in November, and the unemployment rate rose by 0.3 percentage point to 5.7 percent; this followed an increase of half a percentage point in October. The jobless rate in November was at its highest level since August 1995. Since October 2000, when both measures were at their most recent lows, unemployment has risen by 2.6 million and the unemployment rate has increased by 1.8 percentage points, of which 1.4 percentage points have come since the beginning of the recession in March. (See table A-1.) The unemployment rates for adult men (5.3 percent) and whites (5.1 percent) rose in November. The rates for adult women (4.9 percent), blacks (10.1 percent), Hispanics (7.6 percent), and teenagers (15.9 percent) were little changed over the month, but were up substantially over the year. (See tables A-1 and A-2.) Among persons age 25 and older, the unemployment rates for high school graduates with no college (5.1 percent) and college graduates (3.1 percent) increased in November. The jobless rates for all of the educational groups have risen over the year. (See table A-3.) The number of unemployed persons who had been jobless for 27 weeks or more rose by 280,000 in November to 1.2 million. This level has nearly doubled since July. (See table A-6.) The number of unemployed job losers not on temporary layoff rose by 427,000 in November to 3.4 million and has grown by 1.2 million since July. These job losers accounted for 42.0 percent of the unemployed in November compared to 28.8 percent a year earlier. (See table A-7.) Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) The total number of employed persons fell by 478,000 in November to 134.1 million (seasonally adjusted). The employment-population ratio dropped by 0.3 percentage point to 63.0 percent. Since its most recent peak in January, employment has fallen by 1.9 million, and the employmentpopulation ratio has lost 1.5 percentage points. (See table A-1.) The civilian labor force was essentially unchanged at 142.2 million in November, and the labor force participation rate remained at 66.9 percent. (See table A-1.) - 2 Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) ___________________________________________________________________________ | Quarterly | | | averages | Monthly data | |_________________|__________________________| Oct.Category | 2001 | 2001 | Nov. |_________________|__________________________|change | II | III | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | ______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______ HOUSEHOLD DATA | Labor force status |____________________________________________________ Civilian labor force..| 141,461| 141,771| 142,190| 142,303| 142,244| -59 Employment..........| 135,130| 134,984| 135,181| 134,562| 134,084| -478 Unemployment........| 6,331| 6,787| 7,009| 7,741| 8,160| 419 Not in labor force....| 70,072| 70,367| 70,167| 70,279| 70,523| 244 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Unemployment rates |____________________________________________________ All workers...........| 4.5| 4.8| 4.9| 5.4| 5.7| 0.3 Adult men...........| 4.0| 4.2| 4.3| 4.8| 5.3| .5 Adult women.........| 3.8| 4.2| 4.4| 4.8| 4.9| .1 Teenagers...........| 14.0| 15.2| 14.7| 15.5| 15.9| .4 White...............| 3.9| 4.2| 4.3| 4.8| 5.1| .3 Black...............| 8.2| 8.6| 8.7| 9.7| 10.1| .4 Hispanic origin.....| 6.5| 6.2| 6.4| 7.2| 7.6| .4 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ ESTABLISHMENT DATA | Employment |____________________________________________________ Nonfarm employment....| 132,483| 132,358| 132,230|p131,762|p131,431| p-331 Goods-producing 1/..| 25,310| 24,991| 24,888| p24,747| p24,580| p-167 Construction......| 6,866| 6,866| 6,871| p6,854| p6,852| p-2 Manufacturing.....| 17,882| 17,556| 17,448| p17,324| p17,161| p-163 Service-producing 1/| 107,173| 107,367| 107,342|p107,015|p106,851| p-164 Retail trade......| 23,546| 23,575| 23,536| p23,417| p23,403| p-14 Services..........| 41,052| 41,103| 41,134| p40,983| p40,913| p-70 Government........| 20,782| 20,973| 20,981| p21,000| p20,994| p-6 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Hours of work 2/ |____________________________________________________ Total private.........| 34.2| 34.1| 34.1| p34.0| p34.1| p0.1 Manufacturing.......| 40.8| 40.7| 40.6| p40.5| p40.3| p-.2 Overtime..........| 3.9| 4.0| 3.9| p3.8| p3.7| p-.1 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (1982=100) 2/ |____________________________________________________ Total private.........| 151.4| 150.3| 149.9| p148.8| p148.7| p-0.1 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Earnings 2/ |____________________________________________________ Avg. hourly earnings, | | | | | | total private.......| $14.25| $14.40| $14.45| p$14.47| p$14.52| p$0.05 Avg. weekly earnings, | | | | | | total private.......| 487.46| 490.93| 492.75| p491.98| p495.13| p3.15 ______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______ 1/ Includes other industries, not shown separately. 2/ Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers. p=preliminary. - 3 Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) About 1.3 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally attached to the labor force in November, up from 1.1 million a year earlier. These persons wanted and were available for work and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months but were not counted as unemployed because they had not actively searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. The number of discouraged workers was 322,000 in November, up from 234,000 a year earlier. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, were not currently looking for work specifically because they believed no jobs were available for them. (See table A-10.) Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data) Nonfarm payroll employment fell by 331,000 in November to 131.4 million, seasonally adjusted, following a decline of 468,000 (as revised) in October. Since the recession began in March, payroll employment has fallen by 1.2 million. As was the case in October, job losses in November were broad based. Manufacturing, help supply services, and transportation continued to have particularly large employment declines. (See table B-1.) Widespread job losses continued in manufacturing. Factory employment fell by 163,000 over the month, bringing the decline since July 2000 to 1.4 million. In November, large employment cutbacks continued in both electrical equipment (-29,000) and industrial machinery (-26,000). These two industries have accounted for one-third of the factory jobs lost since July 2000. Fabricated metals also had a particularly large decline (-19,000) in November. Four additional manufacturing industries lost more than 10,000 jobs each over the month--primary metals, apparel, printing and publishing, and rubber and miscellaneous plastics. Elsewhere in the goods-producing sector, construction employment was essentially unchanged , after seasonal adjustment. Unseasonably warm temperatures across virtually the entire country in November helped to mitigate some of the seasonal layoffs that typically occur during the month. As a result, employment rose, after seasonal adjustment, in outdoor construction activities such as heavy construction, concrete, and masonry. These increases were offset by job losses in plumbing and electrical work. The services industry lost 70,000 jobs in November; over the last 2 months, employment in the industry has fallen by 221,000. Much of the decline occurred in help supply services. That industry, which provides workers to other businesses, lost a total of 188,000 jobs in October and November. About 1 job in 5 in the industry has been lost since September 2000. A decline of 7,000 in hotel employment followed a sizable drop in October. Employment also fell over the month in amusement and recreation services (-25,000). In contrast, employment in health services continued its steady growth with an increase of 32,000 in November, including 17,000 in hospitals. The health services industry has added 277,000 jobs thus far in 2001. Employment in guard services, a component of business services, continued to grow in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks. Employment declines continued in transportation, with a loss of 54,000 jobs in November and 172,000 since March. Over-the-month job losses accelerated in air transportation (-45,000) and continued in transportation services (-12,000), which includes travel agencies. Wholesale trade employment fell by 25,000 in November. Since its peak in November 2000, the industry has lost 124,000 jobs. Mirroring the recent trends in manufacturing, over-the-month declines were concentrated in durable goods distribution, particularly in machinery and in professional and commercial equipment. - 4 Retail trade employment edged down in November, following a large drop in October. This was the fourth consecutive monthly decrease, with total losses of 203,000 jobs in retail trade since July. Industries that usually hire extensively for the holiday shopping season--department stores, apparel stores, and miscellaneous retailers (such as toy stores and jewelry stores)-had large job declines, after seasonal adjustment, for the second consecutive month. Car dealers added 6,000 jobs in November, reflecting the incentives offered to boost car sales. Finance added 14,000 jobs over the month. Mortgage brokerages, commercial banks, and savings institutions have benefited from low interest rates in recent months. Employment in government was little changed in November and has shown no net growth since August. A decline in federal government employment was due primarily to limited holiday hiring by the postal service. Local government education employment increased by 22,000 over the month and has risen by 117,000 since May. Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data) The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls edged up by 0.1 hour in November to 34.1 hours, seasonally adjusted. The manufacturing workweek decreased by 0.2 hour to 40.3 hours, the same level as in March 1991, its lowest point in the last recession. Factory overtime was down by 0.1 hour to 3.7 hours. Since July 2000, the manufacturing workweek has fallen by 1.5 hours and overtime by 1.0 hour. (See table B-2.) The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls edged down by 0.1 percent in November to 148.7 (1982=100), seasonally adjusted. The index has fallen by 2.3 percent from its recent peak in January. The manufacturing index fell by 1.5 percent to 93.5 in November and has dropped by 12.6 percent since July 2000. (See table B-5.) Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data) Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 5 cents in November to $14.52, seasonally adjusted. This followed a gain of 2 cents in October. Average weekly earnings rose by 0.6 percent in November to $495.13. Over the year, average hourly earnings increased by 3.9 percent and average weekly earnings grew by 3.3 percent. (See table B-3.) - 5 ______________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------Following usual practice, the 6-month updates to seasonal | adjustment factors for the establishment survey data are | introduced with this release. These factors were used in the | revisions to the September and October data as well as in the | November estimates, and will be used through the April 2002 | estimates. These factors will be published in the December 2001 | issue of Employment and Earnings and are available on the | Internet (http://www.bls.gov/ces/) or by calling (202) 691-6555. | Also in accordance with usual practice, the release of | December data in January will incorporate annual revisions in | seasonally adjusted unemployment and other labor force series | from the household survey. Seasonally adjusted data for the most| recent 5 years are subject to revision. | ------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | | | | | | | The Employment Situation for December 2001 is scheduled to be released on Friday, January 4, 2002, at 8:30 A.M. (EST). Release dates for the balance of 2002 are as follows: Feb. 1 March 8 April 5 May 3 June 7 July 5 Aug. 2 Sept. 6 Oct. 4 Nov. 1 Dec. 6 - 6 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, employment, and unemployment that appears in the A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA. It is a sample survey of about 60,000 households conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for 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. In June 2001, the sample included about 350,000 establishments employing about 39 million people. For both surveys, the data for a given month relate to a particular week or pay period. In the household survey, the reference week is generally the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month. In the establishment survey, the reference period is the pay period including the 12th, which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week. Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys Household survey. The sample is selected to reflect the entire civilian noninstitutional population. Based on responses to a series of questions on work and job search activities, each person 16 years and over in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the labor force. People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid employees during the reference week; worked in their own business, profession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours in a family business or farm. People are also counted as employed if they were temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather, vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons. People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following criteria: They had no employment during the reference week; they were available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference week. Persons laid off from a job and expecting recall need not be looking for work to be counted as unemployed. The unemployment data derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility for or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits. The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed persons. Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the labor force. The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent of the labor force. The labor force participation rate is the labor force as a percent of the population, and the employment-population ratio is the employed as a percent of the population. Establishment survey. The sample establishments are drawn from private nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well as Federal, State, and local government entities. Employees on nonfarm payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay period, including persons on paid leave. Persons are counted in each job they hold. Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory workers in the service-producing sector. - 7 Differences in employment estimates. The numerous conceptual and methodological differences between the household and establishment surveys result in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from the surveys. Among these are: --The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed, unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed. These groups are excluded from the establishment survey. --The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the employed. The establishment survey does not. --The household survey is limited to workers 16 years of age and older. The establishment survey is not limited by age. --The household survey has no duplication individuals are counted only once, even if the establishment survey, employees working appearing on more than one payroll would be appearance. of individuals, because they hold more than one job. In at more than one job and thus counted separately for each Other differences between the two surveys are described in "Comparing Employment Estimates from Household and Payroll Surveys," which may be obtained from BLS upon request. Seasonal adjustment Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production, harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools. The effect of such seasonal variation can be very large; seasonal fluctuations 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. For example, the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is likely to obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May, making it difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or declined. 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. In both the household and establishment surveys, most seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted. However, the adjusted series for many major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most major industry divisions, total employment, and unemployment are computed by aggregating independently adjusted component series. For example, total unemployment is derived by summing the adjusted series for four major agesex components; this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be obtained by directly adjusting the total or by combining the duration, reasons, or more detailed age categories. The numerical factors used to make the seasonal adjustments are recalculated twice a year. For the household survey, the factors are calculated for the January-June period and again for the July-December - 8 period. For the establishment survey, updated factors for seasonal adjustment are calculated for the May-October period and introduced along with new benchmarks, and again for the November-April period. In both surveys, revisions to historical data are made once a year. Reliability of the estimates Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error. When a sample rather than the entire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates may differ from the "true" population values they represent. The exact difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the estimate. There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, that an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard errors from the "true" population value because of sampling error. BLS analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence. For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus 292,000. Suppose the estimate of total employment increases by 100,000 from one month to the next. The 90-percent confidence interval on the monthly change would range from -192,000 to 392,000 (100,000 292,000). These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the "true" over-the-month change lies within this interval. Since this range includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that employment had, in fact, increased. If, however, the reported employment rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90-percent confidence interval would be greater than zero. In this case, it is likely (at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had, in fact, occurred. The 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly change in unemployment is 273,000, and for the monthly change in the unemployment rate it is .19 percentage point. In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates which are based on a small number of observations. The precision of estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as for quarterly and annual averages. The seasonal adjustment process can also improve the stability of the monthly estimates. The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling error. Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain information for all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes made by respondents, and errors made in the collection or processing of the data. For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 2 months are based on substantially incomplete returns; for this reason, these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables. It is only after two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final. Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new firms. To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth (and other sources of error), a process known as bias adjustment is included in the survey's estimating procedures, whereby a specified number of jobs is added to the monthly sample-based change. The size of the - 9 monthly bias adjustment is based largely on past relationships between the sample-based estimates of employment and the total counts of employment described below. The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program. The difference between the March sample-based employment estimates and the March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a rough proxy for total survey error. The new benchmarks also incorporate changes in the classification of industries. Over the past decade, the benchmark revision for total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.3 percent, ranging from zero to 0.7 percent. Additional statistics and other information More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings, published each month by BLS. It is available for $26.00 per issue or $50.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. All orders must be prepaid by sending a check or money order payable to the Superintendent of Documents, or by charging to Mastercard or Visa. Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for the household survey data published in this release. For unemployment and other labor force categories, these measures appear in tables 1-B through 1-D 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 2-B through 2-H of that publication. Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 202-691-5200; TDD message referral phone: 1-800-877-8339. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-1. HOUSEHOLD DATA Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted(1) Employment status, sex, and age Nov. 2000 Oct. 2001 Nov. 2001 Nov. 2000 July 2001 Aug. 2001 Sept. 2001 Oct. 2001 Nov. 2001 TOTAL Civilian noninstitutional population.............. Civilian labor force............................ Participation rate........................ Employed...................................... Employment-population ratio............... Agriculture................................. Nonagricultural industries.................. Unemployed.................................... Unemployment rate......................... Not in labor force.............................. Persons who currently want a job.............. 210,577 141,025 67.0 135,731 64.5 3,030 132,701 5,295 3.8 69,551 3,971 212,581 142,004 66.8 134,898 63.5 3,265 131,633 7,106 5.0 70,577 4,338 212,767 141,911 66.7 134,359 63.1 2,971 131,388 7,551 5.3 70,856 4,320 210,577 141,136 67.0 135,478 64.3 3,176 132,302 5,658 4.0 69,441 4,351 211,921 141,774 66.9 135,379 63.9 3,045 132,334 6,395 4.5 70,147 4,529 212,135 141,350 66.6 134,393 63.4 3,117 131,276 6,957 4.9 70,785 4,858 212,357 142,190 67.0 135,181 63.7 3,220 131,961 7,009 4.9 70,167 4,539 212,581 142,303 66.9 134,562 63.3 3,200 131,362 7,741 5.4 70,279 4,700 212,767 142,244 66.9 134,084 63.0 3,109 130,975 8,160 5.7 70,523 4,742 Men, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 101,175 102,229 102,322 101,175 101,885 101,995 102,110 102,229 102,322 Civilian labor force............................ 75,152 75,811 75,594 75,386 75,719 75,518 76,058 76,051 75,943 Participation rate........................ 74.3 74.2 73.9 74.5 74.3 74.0 74.5 74.4 74.2 Employed...................................... 72,371 72,017 71,456 72,354 72,279 71,690 72,333 71,871 71,401 Employment-population ratio............... 71.5 70.4 69.8 71.5 70.9 70.3 70.8 70.3 69.8 Unemployed.................................... 2,781 3,794 4,138 3,032 3,439 3,828 3,724 4,179 4,542 Unemployment rate......................... 3.7 5.0 5.5 4.0 4.5 5.1 4.9 5.5 6.0 Men, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population.............. Civilian labor force............................ Participation rate........................ Employed...................................... Employment-population ratio............... Agriculture................................. Nonagricultural industries.................. Unemployed.................................... Unemployment rate......................... 93,061 71,151 76.5 68,908 74.0 2,099 66,809 2,243 3.2 94,015 71,901 76.5 68,748 73.1 2,184 66,564 3,152 4.4 94,077 71,738 76.3 68,292 72.6 2,013 66,279 3,446 4.8 93,061 71,135 76.4 68,683 73.8 2,122 66,561 2,452 3.4 93,708 71,555 76.4 68,745 73.4 2,028 66,717 2,810 3.9 93,810 71,514 76.2 68,402 72.9 2,140 66,262 3,112 4.4 93,917 71,894 76.6 68,826 73.3 2,175 66,651 3,069 4.3 94,015 71,953 76.5 68,481 72.8 2,117 66,365 3,472 4.8 94,077 71,845 76.4 68,042 72.3 2,027 66,015 3,803 5.3 Women, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 109,402 110,353 110,445 109,402 110,035 110,140 110,247 110,353 110,445 Civilian labor force............................ 65,874 66,194 66,317 65,750 66,055 65,833 66,132 66,252 66,300 Participation rate........................ 60.2 60.0 60.0 60.1 60.0 59.8 60.0 60.0 60.0 Employed...................................... 63,360 62,881 62,904 63,124 63,100 62,703 62,848 62,691 62,683 Employment-population ratio............... 57.9 57.0 57.0 57.7 57.3 56.9 57.0 56.8 56.8 Unemployed.................................... 2,513 3,312 3,414 2,626 2,956 3,130 3,284 3,562 3,617 Unemployment rate......................... 3.8 5.0 5.1 4.0 4.5 4.8 5.0 5.4 5.5 Women, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 101,533 102,371 102,438 101,533 102,067 102,165 102,277 102,371 102,438 Civilian labor force............................ 61,881 62,358 62,454 61,625 62,145 62,172 62,242 62,252 62,333 Participation rate........................ 60.9 60.9 61.0 60.7 60.9 60.9 60.9 60.8 60.8 Employed...................................... 59,868 59,587 59,576 59,506 59,752 59,562 59,489 59,237 59,259 Employment-population ratio............... 59.0 58.2 58.2 58.6 58.5 58.3 58.2 57.9 57.8 Agriculture................................. 722 853 770 797 773 766 826 853 862 Nonagricultural industries.................. 59,146 58,734 58,806 58,709 58,978 58,796 58,663 58,384 58,397 Unemployed.................................... 2,012 2,771 2,878 2,119 2,394 2,610 2,754 3,016 3,074 Unemployment rate......................... 3.3 4.4 4.6 3.4 3.9 4.2 4.4 4.8 4.9 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian noninstitutional population............. Civilian labor force............................ Participation rate........................ Employed...................................... Employment-population ratio............... Agriculture................................. Nonagricultural industries.................. Unemployed.................................... Unemployment rate......................... 15,983 7,994 50.0 6,955 43.5 209 6,746 1,039 13.0 16,195 7,745 47.8 6,563 40.5 227 6,335 1,182 15.3 16,252 7,719 47.5 6,491 39.9 188 6,303 1,228 15.9 15,983 8,376 52.4 7,289 45.6 257 7,032 1,087 13.0 16,145 8,074 50.0 6,883 42.6 244 6,638 1,191 14.8 16,161 7,664 47.4 6,429 39.8 211 6,218 1,236 16.1 16,163 8,054 49.8 6,867 42.5 219 6,648 1,187 14.7 16,195 8,097 50.0 6,844 42.3 231 6,613 1,253 15.5 16,252 8,065 49.6 6,783 41.7 220 6,563 1,282 15.9 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-2. HOUSEHOLD DATA Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted(1) Employment status, race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin Nov. 2000 Oct. 2001 Nov. 2001 Nov. 2000 July 2001 Aug. 2001 Sept. 2001 Oct. 2001 Nov. 2001 WHITE Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 175,034 176,372 176,500 175,034 175,924 176,069 176,220 176,372 176,500 Civilian labor force............................ 117,428 118,251 118,168 117,640 117,982 117,726 118,290 118,597 118,564 Participation rate.......................... 67.1 67.0 67.0 67.2 67.1 66.9 67.1 67.2 67.2 Employed...................................... 113,598 113,104 112,649 113,509 113,237 112,703 113,201 112,900 112,535 Employment-population ratio................. 64.9 64.1 63.8 64.8 64.4 64.0 64.2 64.0 63.8 Unemployed.................................... 3,830 5,147 5,519 4,131 4,745 5,024 5,089 5,696 6,029 Unemployment rate........................... 3.3 4.4 4.7 3.5 4.0 4.3 4.3 4.8 5.1 Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ Participation rate.......................... Employed...................................... Employment-population ratio................. Unemployed.................................... Unemployment rate........................... 60,222 76.7 58,594 74.7 1,627 2.7 60,875 76.9 58,495 73.9 2,380 3.9 60,686 76.6 58,080 73.4 2,606 4.3 60,280 76.8 58,478 74.5 1,802 3.0 60,432 76.6 58,362 74.0 2,069 3.4 60,575 76.7 58,297 73.8 2,278 3.8 60,784 76.9 58,493 74.0 2,292 3.8 61,031 77.1 58,320 73.7 2,711 4.4 60,896 76.9 57,964 73.2 2,932 4.8 Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ Participation rate.......................... Employed...................................... Employment-population ratio................. Unemployed.................................... Unemployment rate........................... 50,527 60.2 49,105 58.6 1,422 2.8 50,839 60.2 48,911 57.9 1,928 3.8 50,974 60.3 48,956 58.0 2,018 4.0 50,335 60.0 48,825 58.2 1,510 3.0 50,684 60.2 48,925 58.1 1,759 3.5 50,656 60.1 48,839 57.9 1,817 3.6 50,651 60.0 48,724 57.8 1,927 3.8 50,759 60.1 48,668 57.6 2,091 4.1 50,834 60.2 48,664 57.6 2,170 4.3 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force............................ Participation rate.......................... Employed...................................... Employment-population ratio................. Unemployed.................................... Unemployment rate........................... Men....................................... Women..................................... 6,679 52.6 5,898 46.5 781 11.7 12.2 11.2 6,537 50.9 5,698 44.4 839 12.8 13.9 11.8 6,508 50.7 5,613 43.7 894 13.7 16.2 11.3 7,025 55.3 6,206 48.9 819 11.7 12.4 10.9 6,866 53.6 5,950 46.5 916 13.3 13.7 13.0 6,495 50.7 5,567 43.4 928 14.3 15.8 12.7 6,855 53.5 5,984 46.7 870 12.7 13.5 11.9 6,807 53.0 5,912 46.1 895 13.1 14.8 11.5 6,835 53.2 5,907 46.0 927 13.6 16.1 11.0 BLACK Civilian noninstitutional population.............. Civilian labor force............................ Participation rate.......................... Employed...................................... Employment-population ratio................. Unemployed.................................... Unemployment rate........................... 25,376 16,798 66.2 15,604 61.5 1,195 7.1 25,686 16,733 65.1 15,202 59.2 1,531 9.1 25,720 16,729 65.0 15,127 58.8 1,602 9.6 25,376 16,732 65.9 15,485 61.0 1,247 7.5 25,565 16,693 65.3 15,374 60.1 1,320 7.9 25,604 16,712 65.3 15,195 59.3 1,517 9.1 25,644 16,792 65.5 15,327 59.8 1,466 8.7 25,686 16,735 65.2 15,104 58.8 1,631 9.7 25,720 16,659 64.8 14,980 58.2 1,679 10.1 Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ Participation rate.......................... Employed...................................... Employment-population ratio................. Unemployed.................................... Unemployment rate........................... 7,453 73.2 6,964 68.4 490 6.6 7,393 71.7 6,817 66.2 576 7.8 7,424 71.9 6,804 65.9 620 8.3 7,397 72.6 6,888 67.6 509 6.9 7,395 72.1 6,808 66.4 586 7.9 7,424 72.3 6,752 65.8 672 9.0 7,468 72.6 6,904 67.1 564 7.6 7,319 71.0 6,730 65.3 589 8.0 7,366 71.4 6,717 65.1 649 8.8 Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ Participation rate.......................... Employed...................................... Employment-population ratio................. Unemployed.................................... Unemployment rate........................... 8,362 65.7 7,866 61.8 496 5.9 8,441 65.5 7,752 60.1 689 8.2 8,396 65.1 7,703 59.7 693 8.3 8,325 65.4 7,808 61.3 517 6.2 8,409 65.5 7,903 61.6 506 6.0 8,424 65.6 7,842 61.0 582 6.9 8,424 65.4 7,772 60.4 652 7.7 8,461 65.6 7,706 59.8 755 8.9 8,359 64.8 7,634 59.1 725 8.7 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force............................ Participation rate.......................... Employed...................................... Employment-population ratio................. Unemployed.................................... Unemployment rate........................... Men....................................... Women..................................... 983 39.9 774 31.5 209 21.2 21.4 21.1 898 36.1 632 25.4 266 29.7 30.0 29.4 909 36.4 620 24.9 289 31.8 31.1 32.4 1,010 41.0 789 32.1 221 21.9 22.5 21.3 890 35.8 663 26.7 227 25.5 26.9 24.3 864 34.8 601 24.2 263 30.4 32.5 28.1 901 36.2 651 26.2 250 27.7 30.5 24.8 955 38.4 668 26.8 287 30.1 31.2 29.0 935 37.5 629 25.2 306 32.7 31.6 33.7 HISPANIC ORIGIN Civilian noninstitutional population.............. Civilian labor force............................ Participation rate.......................... Employed...................................... Employment-population ratio................. Unemployed.................................... Unemployment rate........................... 22,687 15,514 68.4 14,631 64.5 883 5.7 23,351 16,007 68.5 14,903 63.8 1,104 6.9 23,417 15,830 67.6 14,698 62.8 1,132 7.1 22,687 15,626 68.9 14,686 64.7 940 6.0 23,157 15,788 68.2 14,843 64.1 945 6.0 23,222 15,772 67.9 14,778 63.6 994 6.3 23,288 15,813 67.9 14,802 63.6 1,010 6.4 23,351 16,004 68.5 14,858 63.6 1,146 7.2 23,417 15,944 68.1 14,728 62.9 1,217 7.6 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. NOTE: Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races" group are not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-3. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted(1) Educational attainment Nov. 2000 Oct. 2001 Nov. 2001 Nov. 2000 July 2001 Aug. 2001 27,851 12,026 43.2 11,242 40.4 784 6.5 27,325 12,037 44.1 11,183 40.9 854 7.1 27,504 11,997 43.6 11,044 40.2 954 7.9 27,851 11,958 42.9 11,171 40.1 787 6.6 27,679 12,188 44.0 11,380 41.1 808 6.6 27,468 11,799 43.0 10,943 39.8 856 7.3 57,562 37,344 64.9 36,087 62.7 1,258 3.4 57,221 36,782 64.3 35,208 61.5 1,575 4.3 57,400 36,836 64.2 35,069 61.1 1,767 4.8 57,562 37,129 64.5 35,830 62.2 1,299 3.5 56,947 36,970 64.9 35,468 62.3 1,502 4.1 44,770 33,076 73.9 32,270 72.1 806 2.4 45,471 33,583 73.9 32,295 71.0 1,288 3.8 45,353 33,529 73.9 32,203 71.0 1,326 4.0 44,770 32,776 73.2 31,897 71.2 879 2.7 45,706 36,184 79.2 35,676 78.1 507 1.4 47,371 37,354 78.9 36,404 76.8 950 2.5 47,225 37,290 79.0 36,285 76.8 1,005 2.7 45,706 36,237 79.3 35,674 78.1 563 1.6 Sept. 2001 Oct. 2001 Nov. 2001 27,478 11,859 43.2 10,932 39.8 927 7.8 27,325 12,073 44.2 11,139 40.8 934 7.7 27,504 11,969 43.5 11,000 40.0 969 8.1 57,513 37,096 64.5 35,460 61.7 1,636 4.4 57,400 36,873 64.2 35,303 61.5 1,571 4.3 57,221 36,855 64.4 35,137 61.4 1,717 4.7 57,400 36,670 63.9 34,790 60.6 1,880 5.1 45,444 33,296 73.3 32,301 71.1 994 3.0 45,339 33,481 73.8 32,407 71.5 1,075 3.2 45,424 33,880 74.6 32,696 72.0 1,184 3.5 45,471 33,331 73.3 31,975 70.3 1,356 4.1 45,353 33,311 73.4 31,853 70.2 1,459 4.4 46,784 36,634 78.3 35,859 76.6 775 2.1 46,734 36,649 78.4 35,870 76.8 779 2.1 46,870 36,896 78.7 36,000 76.8 896 2.4 47,371 37,281 78.7 36,259 76.5 1,023 2.7 47,225 37,429 79.3 36,285 76.8 1,143 3.1 Less than a high school diploma Civilian noninstitutional population...... Civilian labor force.................... Percent of population............... Employed.............................. Employment-population ratio......... Unemployed............................ Unemployment rate................... High school graduates, no college(2) Civilian noninstitutional population...... Civilian labor force.................... Percent of population............... Employed.............................. Employment-population ratio......... Unemployed............................ Unemployment rate................... Less than a bachelor's degree(3) Civilian noninstitutional population...... Civilian labor force.................... Percent of population............... Employed.............................. Employment-population ratio......... Unemployed............................ Unemployment rate................... College graduates Civilian noninstitutional population...... Civilian labor force.................... Percent of population............... Employed.............................. Employment-population ratio......... Unemployed............................ Unemployment rate................... 1 and 2 3 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation, therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted seasonally adjusted columns. Includes high school diploma or equivalent. Includes the categories, some college, no degree; and associate degree. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-4. Selected employment indicators (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Category Nov. 2000 Oct. 2001 Nov. 2001 Nov. 2000 July 2001 Aug. 2001 Sept. 2001 Oct. 2001 Nov. 2001 CHARACTERISTIC Total employed, 16 years and over................. 135,731 134,898 134,359 135,478 135,379 134,393 135,181 134,562 134,084 Married men, spouse present..................... 43,512 43,319 43,044 43,251 43,294 43,172 43,091 42,932 42,787 Married women, spouse present................... 33,890 33,492 33,482 33,633 33,603 33,805 33,664 33,160 33,283 Women who maintain families..................... 8,535 8,264 8,386 8,495 8,567 8,323 8,240 8,215 8,319 OCCUPATION Managerial and professional specialty........... Technical, sales, and administrative support.... Service occupations............................. Precision production, craft, and repair......... Operators, fabricators, and laborers............ Farming, forestry, and fishing.................. 41,296 39,677 18,429 14,767 18,466 3,095 42,148 38,489 18,071 14,914 17,951 3,326 42,031 38,602 18,436 14,620 17,581 3,090 41,083 39,616 18,471 14,748 18,184 3,238 41,917 39,067 18,642 14,997 17,571 3,166 41,750 38,664 18,052 15,050 17,655 3,154 41,775 39,114 18,357 14,941 17,679 3,306 41,974 38,566 18,421 14,840 17,583 3,251 41,891 38,487 18,436 14,562 17,282 3,236 CLASS OF WORKER Agriculture: Wage and salary workers....................... 1,877 1,945 1,753 2,005 1,786 1,850 1,884 1,909 1,853 Self-employed workers......................... 1,126 1,292 1,208 1,180 1,256 1,239 1,290 1,299 1,275 Unpaid family workers......................... 26 27 11 25 22 29 23 25 11 Nonagricultural industries: Wage and salary workers....................... 124,065 122,943 122,859 123,632 123,432 122,686 123,278 122,658 122,318 Government.................................. 19,264 19,235 19,356 19,146 18,919 19,219 19,397 19,274 19,184 Private industries.......................... 104,801 103,708 103,503 104,486 104,513 103,467 103,881 103,384 103,134 Private households........................ 800 848 772 827 790 827 809 875 793 Other industries.......................... 104,001 102,860 102,730 103,659 103,723 102,640 103,072 102,509 102,341 Self-employed workers......................... 8,505 8,598 8,450 8,533 8,574 8,481 8,563 8,487 8,492 Unpaid family workers......................... 131 93 79 128 88 113 102 105 74 PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME All industries: Part time for economic reasons................ Slack work or business conditions........... Could only find part-time work.............. Part time for noneconomic reasons............. 3,241 2,083 829 20,015 3,954 2,706 1,032 19,451 4,042 2,729 1,052 19,672 3,416 2,183 886 18,896 3,466 2,120 999 18,845 3,326 2,086 935 19,153 4,188 2,861 1,081 18,825 4,462 3,023 1,134 18,595 4,241 2,864 1,133 18,524 Nonagricultural industries: Part time for economic reasons................ Slack work or business conditions........... Could only find part-time work.............. Part time for noneconomic reasons............. 3,089 1,979 821 19,454 3,825 2,623 1,017 18,878 3,837 2,600 1,035 19,118 3,285 2,082 871 18,323 3,336 2,059 985 18,309 3,196 2,004 911 18,580 4,045 2,759 1,070 18,278 4,342 2,953 1,108 18,031 4,060 2,740 1,110 17,969 NOTE: Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week for reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial dispute. Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad weather. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-5. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted Number of unemployed persons (in thousands) Unemployment rates(1) Category Nov. 2000 Oct. 2001 Nov. 2001 Nov. 2000 July 2001 Aug. 2001 Sept. 2001 Oct. 2001 Nov. 2001 Total, 16 years and over......................... Men, 20 years and over......................... Women, 20 years and over....................... Both sexes, 16 to 19 years..................... 5,658 2,452 2,119 1,087 7,741 3,472 3,016 1,253 8,160 3,803 3,074 1,282 4.0 3.4 3.4 13.0 4.5 3.9 3.9 14.8 4.9 4.4 4.2 16.1 4.9 4.3 4.4 14.7 5.4 4.8 4.8 15.5 5.7 5.3 4.9 15.9 Married men, spouse present.................... Married women, spouse present.................. Women who maintain families.................... 974 859 467 1,384 1,275 607 1,493 1,248 750 2.2 2.5 5.2 2.6 2.8 6.2 2.7 3.0 6.7 2.7 3.3 7.0 3.1 3.7 6.9 3.4 3.6 8.3 Full-time workers.............................. Part-time workers.............................. 4,560 1,096 6,353 1,393 6,778 1,379 3.9 4.5 4.4 5.1 4.8 5.6 5.0 4.5 5.4 5.6 5.8 5.6 699 1,464 559 1,230 246 1,183 1,909 926 1,685 210 1,232 2,124 931 1,757 232 1.7 3.6 3.7 6.3 7.1 2.2 4.0 4.2 7.2 7.5 2.5 4.3 4.8 7.7 8.7 2.4 4.3 4.8 7.5 7.1 2.7 4.7 5.9 8.7 6.1 2.9 5.2 6.0 9.2 6.7 4,313 1,289 20 544 725 423 302 3,024 202 1,284 153 1,385 445 207 6,494 1,928 39 702 1,186 813 373 4,566 491 1,673 221 2,181 468 186 6,754 2,042 28 781 1,233 832 401 4,713 536 1,809 302 2,066 492 195 4.0 4.5 3.5 6.9 3.6 3.5 3.9 3.8 2.6 4.7 1.9 3.7 2.3 9.4 4.7 5.6 3.7 6.8 5.1 4.7 5.7 4.4 3.3 5.2 3.2 4.3 2.1 10.9 5.1 6.2 4.3 7.5 5.7 5.8 5.5 4.8 3.5 5.6 2.7 4.9 2.1 10.2 5.2 6.2 4.8 7.6 5.6 5.6 5.4 4.9 3.9 5.9 2.8 4.8 2.1 7.1 5.9 6.9 7.0 8.4 6.2 6.9 5.2 5.6 6.0 6.1 2.7 5.7 2.4 8.9 6.1 7.3 5.3 9.4 6.5 7.1 5.4 5.7 6.5 6.5 3.6 5.5 2.5 9.5 CHARACTERISTIC OCCUPATION(2) Managerial and professional specialty.......... Technical, sales, and administrative support... Precision production, craft, and repair........ Operators, fabricators, and laborers........... Farming, forestry, and fishing................. 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, insurance, and real estate........ Services................................... Government workers............................. Agricultural wage and salary workers........... 1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force. 2 Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not available because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-6. Duration of unemployment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Duration Nov. 2000 Oct. 2001 Nov. 2001 Nov. 2000 July 2001 Aug. 2001 Sept. 2001 Oct. 2001 Nov. 2001 Less than 5 weeks................................ 5 to 14 weeks.................................... 15 weeks and over................................ 15 to 26 weeks................................ 27 weeks and over............................. 2,343 1,744 1,207 653 555 2,896 2,267 1,943 1,081 862 2,883 2,501 2,168 1,115 1,052 2,531 1,796 1,317 713 604 2,612 2,150 1,587 935 652 3,004 2,100 1,817 982 835 2,764 2,361 1,884 1,089 795 3,165 2,570 2,062 1,174 888 3,157 2,600 2,398 1,230 1,168 Average (mean) duration, in weeks................ Median duration, in weeks........................ 12.4 5.9 13.5 7.3 14.5 7.5 12.4 6.1 12.5 6.7 13.3 6.5 13.1 7.4 13.0 7.4 14.5 7.7 100.0 44.3 32.9 22.8 12.3 10.5 100.0 40.8 31.9 27.3 15.2 12.1 100.0 38.2 33.1 28.7 14.8 13.9 100.0 44.8 31.8 23.3 12.6 10.7 100.0 41.1 33.9 25.0 14.7 10.3 100.0 43.4 30.3 26.3 14.2 12.1 100.0 39.4 33.7 26.9 15.5 11.3 100.0 40.6 33.0 26.4 15.1 11.4 100.0 38.7 31.9 29.4 15.1 14.3 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED PERCENT DISTRIBUTION Total unemployed................................. Less than 5 weeks.............................. 5 to 14 weeks.................................. 15 weeks and over.............................. 15 to 26 weeks............................... 27 weeks and over............................ HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-7. Reason for unemployment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Reason Nov. 2000 Oct. 2001 Nov. 2001 Nov. 2000 July 2001 Aug. 2001 Sept. 2001 Oct. 2001 Nov. 2001 2,327 775 1,552 978 574 735 1,853 380 3,701 864 2,838 2,062 775 923 2,051 430 4,194 1,017 3,177 2,403 774 799 2,096 462 2,501 877 1,624 (1) (1) 768 1,936 429 3,252 1,003 2,249 (1) (1) 774 1,912 436 3,409 1,079 2,330 (1) (1) 894 2,166 495 3,600 1,118 2,482 (1) (1) 800 2,108 476 4,360 1,360 3,000 (1) (1) 893 2,098 462 4,598 1,172 3,427 (1) (1) 842 2,202 509 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 44.0 14.6 29.3 13.9 35.0 7.2 52.1 12.2 39.9 13.0 28.9 6.1 55.5 13.5 42.1 10.6 27.8 6.1 44.4 15.6 28.8 13.6 34.4 7.6 51.0 15.7 35.3 12.1 30.0 6.8 49.0 15.5 33.5 12.8 31.1 7.1 51.5 16.0 35.5 11.5 30.2 6.8 55.8 17.4 38.4 11.4 26.8 5.9 56.4 14.4 42.0 10.3 27.0 6.2 1.7 .5 1.3 .3 2.6 .6 1.4 .3 3.0 .6 1.5 .3 1.8 .5 1.4 .3 2.3 .5 1.3 .3 2.4 .6 1.5 .4 2.5 .6 1.5 .3 3.1 .6 1.5 .3 3.2 .6 1.5 .4 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs........................................... On temporary layoff............................. Not on temporary layoff......................... Permanent job losers.......................... Persons who completed temporary jobs.......... Job leavers....................................... Reentrants........................................ New entrants...................................... PERCENT DISTRIBUTION Total unemployed.................................. Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs........................................... On temporary layoff............................ Not on temporary layoff........................ Job leavers...................................... Reentrants....................................... New entrants..................................... UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs........................................... Job leavers...................................... Reentrants....................................... New entrants..................................... 1 Not available. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-8. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization (Percent) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Measure Nov. 2000 Oct. 2001 Nov. 2001 Nov. 2000 July 2001 Aug. 2001 Sept. 2001 Oct. 2001 Nov. 2001 U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force................................ .9 1.4 1.5 .9 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.7 U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force................... 1.7 2.6 3.0 1.8 2.3 U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official unemployment rate)...................... 2.4 2.5 3.1 3.2 3.8 5.0 5.3 4.0 4.5 4.9 4.9 5.4 5.7 U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers.... 3.9 5.2 5.5 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all other marginally attached workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers........................................ 4.5 5.9 6.2 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers, plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers............................. 6.8 8.7 9.0 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) 1 Not available. NOTE: This range of alternative measures of labor underutilization replaces the U1-U7 range published in table A-7 of this release prior to 1994. Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for a job. Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to settle for a part-time schedule. For further information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment measures," in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor Review. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-9. Unemployed persons by sex and age, seasonally adjusted Number of unemployed persons (in thousands) Unemployment rates(1) Age and sex Nov. 2000 Oct. 2001 Nov. 2001 Nov. 2000 July 2001 Aug. 2001 Sept. 2001 Oct. 2001 Nov. 2001 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............................. 5,658 2,081 1,087 507 579 994 3,554 3,043 520 7,741 2,639 1,253 538 715 1,385 5,086 4,400 677 8,160 2,703 1,282 530 754 1,420 5,426 4,786 668 4.0 9.1 13.0 15.4 11.4 6.8 3.0 3.0 2.9 4.5 10.1 14.8 19.3 11.8 7.5 3.4 3.6 2.8 4.9 11.5 16.1 19.1 14.7 9.0 3.7 3.9 3.0 4.9 10.7 14.7 16.2 13.9 8.5 3.8 3.9 3.3 5.4 11.6 15.5 17.2 14.4 9.5 4.3 4.4 3.5 5.7 11.9 15.9 17.4 15.0 9.7 4.5 4.8 3.5 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........................... 3,032 1,139 580 287 293 559 1,873 1,572 296 4,179 1,458 707 322 383 750 2,714 2,335 391 4,542 1,565 739 321 420 825 2,956 2,527 429 4.0 9.5 13.6 17.5 11.3 7.3 3.0 2.9 2.9 4.5 10.4 15.1 19.0 13.0 7.9 3.5 3.6 3.0 5.1 12.4 17.9 22.7 15.4 9.5 3.7 3.9 3.3 4.9 11.3 15.8 18.3 14.3 8.9 3.7 3.8 3.3 5.5 12.4 17.3 20.4 15.2 9.8 4.2 4.3 3.7 6.0 13.3 18.0 20.7 16.5 10.7 4.6 4.7 4.1 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........................... 2,626 942 507 220 286 435 1,681 1,471 224 3,562 1,181 546 216 331 635 2,372 2,065 287 3,617 1,138 543 209 333 595 2,470 2,259 239 4.0 8.6 12.3 13.4 11.5 6.3 3.1 3.2 2.7 4.5 9.7 14.4 19.6 10.6 7.1 3.4 3.6 2.5 4.8 10.4 14.2 15.5 13.9 8.4 3.7 3.8 2.7 5.0 10.1 13.6 13.9 13.5 8.2 3.9 4.0 3.3 5.4 10.8 13.6 14.0 13.5 9.1 4.3 4.4 3.3 5.5 10.4 13.7 13.9 13.5 8.5 4.5 4.8 2.8 1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-10. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Total Men Women Category Nov. 2000 Nov. 2001 Nov. 2000 Nov. 2001 Nov. 2000 Nov. 2001 69,551 3,971 1,097 70,856 4,320 1,315 26,023 1,706 560 26,728 1,996 685 43,528 2,266 538 44,127 2,324 630 234 863 322 993 165 395 180 504 70 468 141 488 Total multiple jobholders(4)...................................... Percent of total employed..................................... 7,455 5.5 7,080 5.3 3,812 5.3 3,593 5.0 3,643 5.8 3,487 5.5 Primary job full time, secondary job part time................ Primary and secondary jobs both part time..................... Primary and secondary jobs both full time..................... Hours vary on primary or secondary job........................ 4,082 1,555 321 1,466 3,870 1,514 241 1,414 2,271 519 211 800 2,188 491 136 746 1,811 1,036 110 666 1,682 1,022 105 668 NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE Total not in the labor force...................................... Persons who currently want a job................................ Searched for work and available to work now(1)............... Reason not currently looking: Discouragement over job prospects(2).................... Reasons other than discouragement(3).................... MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS 1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the reference week. 2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of discrimination. 3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as child-care and transportation problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined. 4 Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Industry Nov. 2000 Sept. 2001 Oct. 2001p Nov. 2001p Nov. 2000 July 2001 Aug. 2001 Sept. 2001 Oct. 2001p Nov. 2001p Total......................... 133,351 132,528 132,574 132,441 132,279 132,449 132,395 132,230 131,762 131,431 Total private.................... 112,328 111,738 111,262 111,006 111,689 111,517 111,390 111,249 110,762 110,437 Goods-producing......................... 25,853 25,203 24,993 24,701 25,711 25,122 24,963 24,888 24,747 24,580 Mining................................ Metal mining........................ Coal mining......................... Oil and gas extraction.............. Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels.. 553 40.1 75.6 320.5 116.3 575 35.2 79.7 344.6 115.8 576 34.7 81.2 343.9 116.5 571 34.4 81.8 340.1 115.0 548 40 75 319 114 567 34 79 341 113 569 35 80 342 112 569 35 80 342 112 569 35 81 340 113 567 34 81 339 113 Construction.......................... 6,877 7,114 7,063 6,940 General building contractors........ 1,558.4 1,599.6 1,590.4 1,570.7 Heavy construction, except building. 933.0 1,005.0 999.5 966.1 Special trade contractors........... 4,385.2 4,509.3 4,473.3 4,402.9 6,781 1,548 909 4,324 6,867 1,554 935 4,378 6,861 1,557 932 4,372 6,871 1,562 932 4,377 6,854 1,561 933 4,360 6,852 1,561 942 4,349 Manufacturing......................... Production workers................ 18,423 12,551 17,514 11,784 17,354 11,657 17,190 11,533 18,382 12,511 17,688 11,900 17,533 11,782 17,448 11,706 17,324 11,627 17,161 11,501 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.. Computer and office equipment..... Electronic and other electrical equipment........................ Electronic components and accessories.................... Transportation equipment............ Motor vehicles and equipment...... Aircraft and parts................ Instruments and related products.... Miscellaneous manufacturing......... 11,141 7,568 822.3 558.0 580.7 693.1 10,471 6,988 805.6 513.6 574.1 639.0 10,361 6,900 796.6 504.8 570.4 631.8 10,259 6,830 789.1 497.8 562.3 622.7 11,120 7,544 817 557 577 691 10,624 7,102 797 531 569 648 10,523 7,022 793 519 568 643 10,460 6,970 794 513 567 638 10,363 6,898 789 505 566 632 10,247 6,813 786 498 560 621 221.6 207.1 206.5 204.0 1,542.3 1,467.0 1,455.2 1,438.2 2,117.6 1,956.6 1,934.6 1,913.3 364.9 343.5 342.2 338.6 (1) 1,537 2,122 365 (1) 1,478 2,007 353 (1) 1,468 1,980 348 (1) 1,464 1,965 344 (1) 1,453 1,944 343 (1) 1,434 1,918 340 1,739.4 1,546.7 1,526.6 1,501.1 1,737 1,589 1,565 1,551 1,529 1,500 708.1 608.9 598.7 590.7 1,824.6 1,735.1 1,708.5 1,709.8 996.3 921.1 899.2 906.6 463.8 465.3 463.1 457.3 863.2 850.6 847.6 844.9 399.3 382.7 384.8 379.6 708 1,822 992 462 865 395 634 1,752 936 466 865 388 618 1,750 931 465 858 379 613 1,735 919 465 851 382 601 1,715 903 463 849 381 592 1,707 903 456 847 376 Nondurable goods..................... 7,282 7,043 6,993 6,931 Production workers................ 4,983 4,796 4,757 4,703 Food and kindred products........... 1,685.2 1,726.7 1,713.9 1,696.2 Tobacco products.................... 33.6 33.7 33.8 33.5 Textile mill products............... 516.1 462.8 454.5 448.7 Apparel and other textile products.. 616.3 555.2 546.1 535.4 Paper and allied products........... 653.0 630.7 627.5 627.1 Printing and publishing............. 1,546.2 1,470.2 1,466.3 1,457.4 Chemicals and allied products....... 1,037.2 1,028.7 1,026.0 1,021.8 Petroleum and coal products......... 126.9 131.0 128.9 126.7 Rubber and misc. plastics products.. 997.5 943.1 935.4 924.4 Leather and leather products........ 70.2 60.9 60.5 59.3 7,262 4,967 1,679 33 514 611 654 1,540 1,038 127 997 69 7,064 4,798 1,680 33 471 571 632 1,489 1,039 128 957 64 7,010 4,760 1,674 35 465 554 628 1,483 1,035 127 947 62 6,988 4,736 1,682 33 459 551 629 1,473 1,031 128 941 61 6,961 4,729 1,689 33 453 543 628 1,465 1,028 127 935 60 6,914 4,688 1,690 33 447 532 627 1,452 1,023 127 924 59 Service-producing....................... 107,498 107,325 107,581 107,740 106,568 107,327 107,432 107,342 107,015 106,851 Transportation and public utilities... 7,141 7,112 7,055 7,006 Transportation...................... 4,620 4,571 4,514 4,465 Railroad transportation........... 236.6 226.4 225.7 225.7 Local and interurban passenger transit........................ 494.2 496.3 495.2 496.2 Trucking and warehousing.......... 1,877.1 1,865.7 1,856.6 1,850.3 Water transportation.............. 196.6 210.8 210.0 202.4 Transportation by air............. 1,325.6 1,293.5 1,259.8 1,236.2 Pipelines, except natural gas..... 13.7 14.0 14.1 14.2 Transportation services........... 476.1 464.2 452.3 440.0 Communications and public utilities. 2,521 2,541 2,541 2,541 Communications.................... 1,674.6 1,694.1 1,694.1 1,693.7 Electric, gas, and sanitary services....................... 846.7 846.8 847.1 847.5 7,093 4,573 235 7,108 4,561 226 7,082 4,539 226 7,070 4,528 226 7,017 4,473 225 6,959 4,419 224 478 1,864 200 1,306 14 476 2,520 1,672 485 1,863 203 1,304 14 466 2,547 1,700 486 1,844 203 1,303 14 463 2,543 1,695 482 1,838 205 1,300 14 463 2,542 1,695 479 1,832 207 1,264 14 452 2,544 1,695 480 1,837 205 1,219 14 440 2,540 1,692 848 847 848 847 849 848 7,084 4,209 2,875 23,787 6,993 4,122 2,871 23,548 6,985 4,112 2,873 23,400 6,958 4,091 2,867 23,761 7,070 4,206 2,864 23,395 7,017 4,149 2,868 23,606 7,010 4,134 2,876 23,583 6,988 4,123 2,865 23,536 6,971 4,114 2,857 23,417 6,946 4,091 2,855 23,403 1,001.6 3,068.6 2,702.4 3,562.7 1,013.0 2,746.8 2,406.4 3,531.1 1,008.5 2,789.9 2,444.8 3,542.1 1,002.1 2,973.6 2,610.8 3,571.2 1,011 2,835 2,492 3,526 1,008 2,810 2,458 3,536 1,014 2,800 2,449 3,531 1,013 2,793 2,450 3,538 1,013 2,763 2,420 3,542 1,011 2,761 2,405 3,537 2,422.9 2,446.2 2,437.0 2,432.9 1,122.8 1,138.3 1,137.0 1,139.9 1,266.8 1,205.4 1,205.8 1,257.2 2,426 1,123 1,208 2,435 1,131 1,219 2,441 1,133 1,224 2,435 1,133 1,224 2,429 1,133 1,210 2,435 1,139 1,200 1,171.3 1,125.6 1,136.4 1,165.0 8,072.5 8,353.6 8,124.4 8,122.4 3,220.5 3,126.0 3,156.1 3,236.3 1,144 8,142 3,103 1,137 8,310 3,151 1,137 8,280 3,156 1,138 8,242 3,153 1,136 8,185 3,139 1,138 8,196 3,125 Finance, insurance, and real estate... 7,554 7,628 7,604 7,614 Finance............................. 3,725 3,750 3,742 3,763 Depository institutions........... 2,019.0 2,033.2 2,027.1 2,036.8 Commercial banks................ 1,417.0 1,420.4 1,420.5 1,425.9 Savings institutions............ 252.1 254.9 255.5 258.9 Nondepository institutions........ 677.5 705.5 708.6 718.3 Mortgage bankers and brokers.... 301.8 322.0 325.1 333.4 Security and commodity brokers.... 769.7 755.6 748.3 749.6 Holding and other investment offices........................ 258.3 255.5 257.7 258.2 Insurance........................... 2,338 2,356 2,354 2,354 Insurance carriers................ 1,581.1 1,596.1 1,595.8 1,595.2 Insurance agents, brokers, and service........................ 757.0 759.6 757.7 758.4 Real estate......................... 1,491 1,522 1,508 1,497 7,575 3,729 2,023 1,420 253 678 302 770 7,618 3,755 2,039 1,426 255 703 321 755 7,623 3,758 2,037 1,423 255 709 324 755 7,633 3,758 2,039 1,423 256 706 323 755 7,627 3,755 2,035 1,426 256 712 327 750 7,636 3,769 2,041 1,428 259 719 334 751 258 2,340 1,583 258 2,357 1,599 257 2,357 1,598 258 2,362 1,601 258 2,360 1,602 258 2,356 1,598 757 1,506 758 1,506 759 1,508 761 1,513 758 1,512 758 1,511 40,845 811 1,939 1,261 9,933 998 3,869 3,461 41,046 834 1,922 1,281 9,592 998 3,517 3,127 41,129 837 1,912 1,284 9,588 997 3,521 3,113 41,134 838 1,913 1,284 9,581 997 3,488 3,106 40,983 840 1,862 1,280 9,467 995 3,376 3,005 40,913 837 1,855 1,270 9,387 997 3,294 2,918 Wholesale trade....................... Durable goods....................... Nondurable goods.................... Retail trade.......................... Building materials and garden supplies......................... General merchandise stores.......... Department stores................. Food stores......................... Automotive dealers and service stations......................... New and used car dealers.......... Apparel and accessory stores........ Furniture and home furnishings stores........................... Eating and drinking places.......... Miscellaneous retail establishments. Services2............................. Agricultural services............... Hotels and other lodging places..... Personal services................... Business services................... Services to buildings............. Personnel supply services......... Help supply services............ 40,909 811.5 1,864.2 1,232.7 10094.9 996.1 4,023.1 3,596.6 41,254 878.7 1,961.5 1,246.9 9,696.1 997.4 3,622.2 3,229.3 41,225 867.9 1,858.6 1,246.5 9,650.2 994.3 3,552.0 3,163.8 40,966 836.4 1,781.9 1,241.4 9,533.0 993.4 3,415.1 3,035.7 Computer and data processing services....................... Auto repair, services, and parking.. Miscellaneous repair services....... Motion pictures..................... Amusement and recreation services... Health services..................... Offices and clinics of medical doctors........................ Nursing and personal care facilities..................... Hospitals......................... Home health care services......... Legal services...................... Educational services................ Social services..................... Child day care services........... Residential care.................. Museums and botanical and zoological gardens........................... Membership organizations............ Engineering and management services. Engineering and architectural services....................... Management and public relations... Services, nec....................... Government............................ Federal............................. Federal, except Postal Service.... State............................... Education......................... Other State government............ Local............................... Education......................... Other local government............ 2,150.8 1,264.4 365.7 585.4 1,590.5 10173.8 2,192.5 1,299.6 359.6 570.4 1,584.8 10471.6 2,152 1,270 366 593 1,755 10,164 2,202 1,312 360 595 1,772 10,354 2,194 1,307 362 589 1,777 10,384 2,200 1,306 363 586 1,766 10,408 2,202 1,298 362 581 1,775 10,429 2,196 1,308 359 579 1,750 10,461 1,941.8 1,989.8 1,990.9 2,000.4 1,941 1,983 1,990 1,992 1,993 2,001 1,802.7 4,017.1 648.9 1,013.2 2,522.4 2,974.9 743.0 818.4 1,841.6 4,152.0 661.0 1,029.7 2,643.1 3,109.3 771.1 851.7 1,800 4,016 644 1,013 2,338 2,958 727 820 1,823 4,098 647 1,026 2,432 3,048 760 847 1,825 4,114 653 1,028 2,452 3,076 765 848 1,830 4,124 655 1,030 2,446 3,085 756 851 1,833 4,133 655 1,029 2,439 3,094 756 853 1,838 4,150 656 1,030 2,447 3,095 755 853 106.0 112.5 112.2 107.6 2,470.8 2,487.7 2,491.4 2,494.3 3,467.5 3,516.2 3,524.4 3,530.6 108 2,486 3,478 111 2,493 3,540 111 2,503 3,544 112 2,509 3,533 112 2,505 3,536 110 2,509 3,542 1,033.4 1,069.6 1,068.4 1,065.5 1,115.5 1,120.1 1,122.1 1,122.1 49.9 51.6 51.2 51.2 1,035 1,113 (1) 1,064 1,119 (1) 1,067 1,123 (1) 1,067 1,122 (1) 1,069 1,122 (1) 1,067 1,121 (1) 20,590 2,620 1,761 4,798 2,033 2,765 13,172 7,449 5,723 20,932 2,626 1,772 4,909 2,117 2,792 13,397 7,575 5,822 21,005 2,622 1,774 4,913 2,122 2,791 13,470 7,650 5,820 20,981 2,627 1,776 4,931 2,129 2,802 13,423 7,595 5,828 21,000 2,623 1,777 4,923 2,116 2,807 13,454 7,607 5,847 20,994 2,604 1,775 4,913 2,115 2,798 13,477 7,629 5,848 21,023 2,613 1,746.8 4,941 2,193.1 2,747.8 13,469 7,803.5 5,665.3 2,188.8 1,306.9 363.9 578.0 1,844.7 10399.0 1,829.9 4,120.9 656.0 1,023.0 2,398.7 3,066.5 755.2 847.6 20,790 2,620 1,776.4 4,908 2,092.8 2,815.0 13,262 7,443.5 5,818.2 2,190.2 1,297.1 364.0 565.5 1,716.8 10428.0 1,834.3 4,134.3 656.5 1,025.3 2,603.4 3,100.6 768.7 850.9 21,312 2,609 1,767.4 5,057 2,256.6 2,800.1 13,646 7,863.6 5,782.4 21,435 2,604 1,761.1 5,062 2,281.9 2,780.4 13,769 7,992.2 5,776.3 1 These series are not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision. 2 Includes other industries, not shown separately. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Industry Total private.................... Nov. 2000 Sept. 2001 34.3 34.3 Oct. 2001p Nov. 2001p Nov. 2000 July 2001 Aug. 2001 Sept. 2001 34.0 34.0 34.3 34.2 34.0 34.1 Oct. 2001p Nov. 2001p 34.0 34.1 Goods-producing......................... 40.8 40.7 40.4 40.3 40.6 40.5 40.3 40.2 40.0 40.1 Mining................................ 42.9 44.0 43.6 42.9 43.0 43.3 43.4 43.5 43.0 43.1 Construction.......................... 38.7 39.8 39.4 39.1 38.9 39.4 39.2 39.1 38.6 39.4 Manufacturing......................... Overtime hours.................... 41.6 4.6 41.0 4.3 40.7 4.0 40.7 3.9 41.2 4.3 40.8 4.0 40.7 4.1 40.6 3.9 40.5 3.8 40.3 3.7 Durable goods........................ Overtime hours.................... 42.1 4.6 41.3 4.1 40.9 3.8 40.9 3.8 41.6 4.4 41.2 4.0 41.1 4.1 40.9 3.8 40.7 3.7 40.5 3.6 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......... 41.0 39.9 43.2 45.0 41.6 39.6 45.1 44.4 40.8 38.7 44.3 43.1 40.6 38.7 44.3 42.8 40.8 39.4 43.0 44.4 41.1 39.7 44.0 44.1 40.9 39.7 43.9 43.7 41.1 38.8 44.0 43.7 40.5 38.4 43.8 43.2 40.5 38.4 44.0 42.2 45.8 42.6 42.0 45.9 41.5 40.4 43.7 41.2 40.4 43.2 41.3 40.4 45.2 42.1 41.7 44.7 41.6 40.8 44.6 41.5 40.2 45.5 41.2 40.3 43.9 41.0 40.5 42.8 40.8 40.1 41.0 43.1 43.9 41.5 38.7 39.4 41.9 42.9 41.1 37.8 39.3 41.7 42.5 40.6 37.6 39.4 41.8 42.6 41.0 37.4 40.5 42.5 43.2 41.2 38.4 38.9 42.2 43.0 40.8 38.4 39.1 42.8 44.6 40.4 38.2 39.1 41.5 42.3 41.1 37.6 39.0 41.3 42.0 40.7 37.4 38.9 41.3 42.1 40.7 37.2 Nondurable goods..................... Overtime hours.................... 41.0 4.5 40.7 4.6 40.4 4.3 40.5 4.2 40.5 4.2 40.3 4.0 40.1 4.1 40.2 4.1 40.2 4.1 40.0 3.9 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........ 42.1 41.0 40.9 37.8 42.8 38.8 42.4 43.0 41.2 37.8 42.0 40.8 40.2 36.7 42.2 38.5 42.3 42.9 41.2 36.8 41.7 40.6 39.7 36.6 41.8 38.2 42.3 42.0 40.7 36.2 41.3 40.4 40.0 36.7 41.8 38.4 42.6 41.8 41.0 36.2 41.4 40.4 40.5 37.6 42.2 38.2 42.1 (2) 41.0 37.3 40.9 40.5 39.7 37.7 41.9 38.2 42.7 (2) 40.6 35.7 41.1 39.9 39.8 36.9 41.2 38.0 42.1 (2) 40.5 36.4 41.0 40.0 39.8 36.9 41.6 38.1 42.2 (2) 40.8 36.3 41.1 40.2 39.7 36.7 41.5 38.0 42.3 (2) 40.5 36.0 40.6 39.9 39.7 36.6 41.2 37.8 42.2 (2) 40.8 35.8 Service-producing....................... 32.6 32.8 32.5 32.5 32.8 32.6 32.6 32.6 32.5 32.6 Transportation and public utilities... 38.5 38.0 37.6 37.6 38.6 37.8 37.8 37.6 37.6 37.7 Wholesale trade....................... 38.4 38.7 38.1 38.2 38.4 38.2 38.3 38.3 38.1 38.2 Retail trade.......................... 28.6 28.8 28.5 28.5 28.9 28.6 28.6 28.7 28.7 28.8 Finance, insurance, and real estate... 36.0 36.7 35.9 36.1 36.2 36.2 36.2 36.2 36.1 36.3 Services.............................. 32.6 32.7 32.4 32.5 32.6 32.7 32.5 32.6 32.5 32.6 1 Data relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing; construction workers in construction; and nonsupervisory workers in transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employees on private nonfarm payrolls. 2 This series is not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings Industry Nov. 2000 Sept. 2001 Oct. 2001p Nov. 2001p Nov. 2000 Sept. 2001 Oct. 2001p Nov. 2001p Total private.................... Seasonally adjusted............. $13.99 13.97 $14.51 14.45 $14.50 14.47 $14.54 14.52 $479.86 479.17 $497.69 492.75 $493.00 491.98 $494.36 495.13 Goods-producing......................... 15.66 16.14 16.14 16.18 638.93 656.90 652.06 652.05 Mining................................ 17.32 17.67 17.70 17.78 743.03 777.48 771.72 762.76 Construction.......................... 18.20 18.50 18.55 18.56 704.34 736.30 730.87 725.70 Manufacturing......................... 14.60 15.01 14.97 15.06 607.36 615.41 609.28 612.94 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......... 15.05 12.07 11.90 14.76 16.58 15.49 12.45 12.35 15.22 17.27 15.45 12.35 12.38 15.13 17.11 15.53 12.41 12.36 15.11 17.23 633.61 494.87 474.81 637.63 746.10 639.74 517.92 489.06 686.42 766.79 631.91 503.88 479.11 670.26 737.44 635.18 503.85 478.33 669.37 737.44 19.71 14.03 15.67 20.91 14.42 16.05 20.56 14.34 16.09 20.83 14.43 16.11 902.72 597.68 658.14 959.77 598.43 648.42 898.47 590.81 650.04 899.86 595.96 650.84 14.04 19.05 19.43 14.64 11.82 14.84 19.31 19.68 15.06 12.37 14.77 19.38 19.82 15.00 12.27 14.87 19.50 19.95 15.06 12.40 575.64 821.06 852.98 607.56 457.43 584.70 809.09 844.27 618.97 467.59 580.46 808.15 842.35 609.00 461.35 585.88 815.10 849.87 617.46 463.76 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........ 13.89 12.69 21.85 11.27 9.33 16.50 14.56 18.35 22.23 13.10 10.32 14.31 12.95 21.70 11.40 9.56 17.12 15.01 18.86 22.27 13.51 10.25 14.27 12.93 21.70 11.36 9.48 17.12 14.96 18.62 22.35 13.48 10.17 14.37 13.14 22.47 11.45 9.58 17.16 14.93 18.63 22.29 13.53 10.28 569.49 534.25 895.85 460.94 352.67 706.20 564.93 778.04 955.89 539.72 390.10 582.42 543.90 885.36 458.28 350.85 722.46 577.89 797.78 955.38 556.61 377.20 576.51 539.18 881.02 450.99 346.97 715.62 571.47 787.63 938.70 548.64 368.15 581.99 542.68 907.79 458.00 351.59 717.29 573.31 793.64 931.72 554.73 372.14 Service-producing....................... 13.47 14.02 14.01 14.06 439.12 459.86 455.33 456.95 Transportation and public utilities... 16.43 17.07 17.10 17.14 632.56 648.66 642.96 644.46 Wholesale trade....................... 15.45 16.03 15.86 15.91 593.28 620.36 604.27 607.76 Retail trade.......................... 9.61 9.92 9.94 9.99 274.85 285.70 283.29 284.72 Finance, insurance, and real estate... 15.25 16.05 15.97 16.04 549.00 589.04 573.32 579.04 Services.............................. 14.20 14.78 14.79 14.88 462.92 483.31 479.20 483.60 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted Industry Nov. 2000 July 2001 Aug. 2001 Total private: Current dollars.............. Constant (1982) dollars2..... $13.97 7.92 $14.34 8.00 Goods-producing............... Mining...................... Construction................ Manufacturing............... Excluding overtime4....... 15.63 17.38 18.16 14.57 13.84 Service-producing............. Transportation and public utilities................ Wholesale trade............. Retail trade................ Finance, insurance, and real estate................... Services.................... Percent change from: Oct. 2001Nov. 2001 Sept. 2001 Oct. 2001p Nov. 2001p $14.40 8.03 $14.45 8.02 $14.47 8.06 $14.52 N.A. 0.3 (3) 15.93 17.74 18.26 14.86 14.18 16.01 17.69 18.35 14.93 14.24 16.04 17.67 18.36 14.96 14.28 16.05 17.73 18.38 14.97 14.30 16.16 17.84 18.51 15.04 14.37 .7 .6 .7 .5 .5 13.46 13.87 13.93 13.98 14.01 14.05 .3 16.42 15.44 9.61 16.88 15.84 9.84 16.95 15.81 9.87 17.02 15.95 9.87 17.10 15.90 9.92 17.14 15.91 9.99 .2 .1 .7 15.28 14.16 15.91 14.61 15.99 14.71 16.01 14.76 16.06 14.80 16.07 14.83 .1 .2 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. 2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series. 3 Change was .5 percent from September 2001 to October 2001, the latest month available. 4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are 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 workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry (1982=100) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Industry Nov. 2000 Sept. 2001 Oct. 2001p Nov. 2001p Nov. 2000 July 2001 Aug. 2001 Sept. 2001 Oct. 2001p Nov. 2001p Total private.................... 152.6 151.9 149.7 149.1 151.8 150.8 150.1 149.9 148.8 148.7 Goods-producing......................... 116.6 112.8 110.7 108.9 114.9 111.5 110.3 109.5 108.2 107.7 Mining................................ 52.5 56.5 56.3 55.2 52.0 55.1 55.3 55.1 54.7 54.8 Construction.......................... 187.8 199.7 196.2 190.0 184.7 190.3 188.5 188.0 185.1 188.7 Manufacturing......................... 105.4 97.5 95.6 94.7 103.9 98.0 96.8 95.9 94.9 93.5 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......... 111.1 144.6 139.2 119.6 92.7 100.6 142.7 125.9 122.7 83.1 98.4 138.4 120.6 119.4 79.6 97.5 136.7 119.0 117.7 77.5 109.6 143.0 137.2 118.0 91.1 102.1 139.5 130.1 118.9 83.4 100.8 138.0 127.6 117.0 82.3 99.4 138.6 123.2 117.8 81.7 97.9 135.8 119.8 116.8 79.9 96.3 135.6 118.0 116.2 76.1 71.0 123.0 101.5 66.0 112.3 88.0 62.5 110.5 86.9 60.8 109.5 85.9 70.2 120.8 101.0 64.2 113.7 91.5 64.1 112.6 88.9 65.3 111.1 88.2 63.0 109.7 87.7 59.9 107.5 85.6 109.4 120.1 159.2 76.2 100.3 90.0 109.2 142.1 72.8 91.3 88.5 106.6 136.9 71.2 91.2 87.1 107.2 139.0 71.8 89.4 107.7 117.9 155.8 75.9 97.9 92.4 111.2 145.1 73.8 94.3 90.9 112.6 149.6 72.4 90.6 89.6 108.0 139.9 72.9 90.2 88.0 105.9 135.6 72.0 89.4 85.9 105.5 136.3 71.7 87.5 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........ 97.6 118.6 50.2 73.3 53.1 103.3 122.0 99.5 70.5 144.9 30.6 93.3 121.1 50.5 64.9 46.0 98.7 114.4 96.8 75.3 136.2 25.7 91.8 119.2 50.4 63.0 45.0 97.2 112.8 96.8 72.7 133.5 24.9 90.9 116.4 49.7 62.4 44.2 97.4 112.7 97.1 71.5 132.5 24.4 96.2 116.0 48.0 72.4 52.4 102.0 119.4 98.6 70.1 144.5 29.8 92.4 114.0 48.1 65.3 48.6 97.8 114.7 99.1 71.8 136.4 25.8 91.3 114.5 51.4 64.7 45.9 95.8 113.7 97.0 73.3 134.3 26.3 91.0 113.7 47.5 63.7 45.7 96.7 113.4 96.9 73.4 134.5 25.7 90.8 115.4 47.8 62.8 44.9 96.5 112.4 97.0 71.7 132.6 24.9 89.6 113.7 47.4 61.7 43.8 96.0 110.3 96.2 71.7 131.9 23.6 Service-producing....................... 168.7 169.4 167.1 167.2 168.3 168.4 168.0 168.1 167.0 167.1 Transportation and public utilities... 140.8 139.2 136.6 135.1 139.8 138.3 137.8 136.7 135.6 134.4 Wholesale trade....................... 133.1 131.9 130.0 129.9 132.5 130.6 131.0 130.6 129.6 129.4 Retail trade.......................... 147.5 146.1 144.0 146.3 146.4 145.7 145.6 145.7 144.8 145.1 Finance, insurance, and real estate... 137.4 141.6 138.2 139.2 138.9 139.6 139.6 140.0 139.6 140.6 Services.............................. 211.5 213.9 211.9 210.5 211.2 212.8 212.0 212.4 211.0 211.1 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-6. ESTABLISHMENT DATA Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted (Percent) Time span Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Private nonfarm payrolls, 353 industries1 Over 1-month span: 1997.............. 1998.............. 1999.............. 2000.............. 2001.............. 57.2 63.2 55.1 55.7 53.7 58.6 56.2 59.6 59.3 50.4 62.5 59.3 52.8 61.0 55.8 63.2 60.2 57.2 54.2 45.0 59.8 58.9 58.2 47.7 46.6 57.2 57.1 54.2 60.5 44.3 59.8 55.4 57.1 57.8 45.5 59.2 58.4 54.4 55.1 43.9 62.7 54.8 55.2 52.0 44.1 65.2 55.0 57.9 54.8 p39.4 61.6 58.2 59.9 55.1 p39.2 62.2 56.4 56.8 54.2 Over 3-month span: 1997.............. 1998.............. 1999.............. 2000.............. 2001.............. 63.5 65.3 60.8 61.6 51.7 64.0 66.1 57.8 63.3 54.1 66.0 64.6 58.5 61.9 48.6 67.0 65.7 55.8 56.2 49.2 63.2 62.2 58.1 55.1 42.5 63.3 57.9 57.9 57.9 42.4 59.8 57.5 57.2 61.5 40.5 65.6 58.4 59.2 56.4 39.9 67.3 59.1 59.8 54.1 p39.0 71.1 59.2 59.1 53.3 p36.4 70.0 59.3 61.0 55.7 69.5 59.2 60.6 53.3 Over 6-month span: 1997.............. 1998.............. 1999.............. 2000.............. 2001.............. 66.7 70.4 59.8 63.5 52.0 68.6 67.4 59.8 60.6 50.6 66.1 65.0 58.2 62.6 48.6 66.0 62.5 60.3 63.7 45.3 65.3 63.6 56.7 61.5 44.1 65.9 60.5 59.2 55.5 38.5 66.0 59.2 61.8 56.1 p37.4 69.1 58.6 60.8 58.6 p36.1 69.4 57.9 62.2 54.2 70.3 59.6 61.2 54.8 71.1 60.6 62.3 51.8 70.7 59.9 64.9 54.2 Over 12-month span: 1997.............. 1998.............. 1999.............. 2000.............. 2001.............. 69.3 69.7 61.2 62.5 49.6 67.4 67.6 60.2 63.0 47.7 68.4 67.4 58.2 61.8 45.0 70.0 66.0 60.8 59.5 p42.4 69.7 64.0 60.8 58.4 p39.7 70.3 62.7 61.6 56.8 70.1 61.9 62.2 55.7 70.8 62.0 61.3 56.5 71.0 60.9 63.9 54.2 70.5 59.3 63.0 53.4 69.7 60.8 61.3 53.0 70.7 58.8 60.9 51.7 Manufacturing payrolls, 136 industries1 Over 1-month span: 1997.............. 1998.............. 1999.............. 2000.............. 2001.............. 48.2 57.4 46.0 44.9 37.9 52.6 51.5 44.5 56.6 32.4 55.5 53.7 43.0 55.5 41.5 54.8 53.3 42.3 46.7 31.3 52.9 43.8 50.4 41.2 29.4 53.7 48.2 39.3 54.8 33.1 49.3 38.2 51.5 53.7 39.0 51.1 51.5 39.3 38.6 27.6 57.7 41.9 45.2 34.6 36.0 61.8 41.5 46.3 41.5 p30.9 61.4 41.2 53.3 43.8 p25.4 54.8 43.4 46.7 44.1 Over 3-month span: 1997.............. 1998.............. 1999.............. 2000.............. 2001.............. 50.0 59.6 41.2 50.0 28.3 51.5 59.6 39.0 54.0 29.4 55.9 55.9 38.2 52.9 24.6 55.5 50.4 41.5 42.3 26.5 52.9 46.7 40.8 43.0 22.4 52.9 37.9 45.2 48.5 24.6 50.4 41.5 39.0 48.2 21.0 54.8 41.5 45.2 33.8 19.9 59.6 41.9 40.8 28.7 p21.0 70.6 38.2 44.9 30.5 p22.4 66.5 36.8 46.3 39.0 64.3 40.8 46.0 35.7 Over 6-month span: 1997.............. 1998.............. 1999.............. 2000.............. 2001.............. 53.7 63.2 36.0 51.5 26.8 53.7 54.4 38.2 44.5 25.4 51.1 50.4 37.5 48.5 19.9 52.9 40.4 41.2 55.1 20.6 50.7 44.5 36.8 43.8 20.2 50.7 40.1 39.7 34.9 15.1 54.8 37.5 43.0 33.5 p15.1 62.1 36.4 41.5 34.6 p14.7 61.8 34.9 46.0 30.1 64.3 40.1 40.4 29.4 67.3 37.1 46.3 25.0 65.8 34.2 51.5 27.9 Over 12-month span: 1997.............. 1998.............. 1999.............. 2000.............. 2001.............. 55.1 54.8 38.6 46.3 19.1 52.6 52.2 34.6 45.2 16.5 54.0 51.8 32.4 41.2 14.7 54.4 46.7 36.0 37.9 p16.9 55.5 40.4 37.9 33.8 p14.0 57.0 40.1 39.0 31.3 57.0 38.2 40.1 31.3 58.8 37.5 40.4 31.3 59.2 36.4 44.5 27.6 57.7 34.6 46.0 25.4 57.4 35.7 44.9 24.3 57.7 34.2 44.5 21.0 1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. Data are centered within the span. p = preliminary. NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing employment.
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