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2 Technical information: Household data: Establishment data: Media contact: (202) 691-6378 http://www.bls.gov/cps/ USDL 02-680 (Replaces USDL 02-669, issued December 6, 2002.) 691-6555 http://www.bls.gov/ces/ 691-5902 For release: Immediate Monday, December 9, 2002 THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: NOVEMBER 2002 Nonfarm payroll employment was little changed in November, while the unemployment rate rose to 6.0 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Job losses continued in manufacturing, but the services industry added workers. Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, December 1999 - November 2002 Chart 2. Nonfarm payroll employment, seasonally adjusted, December 1999 - November 2002 Percent Millions 6.5 134.0 6.0 132.0 5.5 130.0 5.0 128.0 4.5 126.0 4.0 124.0 0.0 3.5 2000 2001 2002 0.0 122.0 2000 2001 2002 Corrections to Establishment Survey Data Issued December 6, 2002 The November Employment Situation release issued on December 6, 2002 (USDL 02-669), is being replaced by this release in order to correct errors in the establishment survey data. All seasonally adjusted employment, hours, and earnings series for the month of September 2002 have been recalculated using updated seasonal adjustment factors. The original seasonal factors for September 2002 were used rather than updated factors in the first issuance of the release. This correction does not affect levels for any month other than September 2002. Thus, all over-themonth employment changes for November were correct in the original release, as were the net changes between August and October. This release also incorporates additional corrections for nonsupervisory worker estimates in the communications industry for October and November 2002. These corrections resulted in minor revisions in some hours and earnings series for these 2 months. See footnotes on tables B-1 through B-6 for the affected series. Further information is available on the Internet, via the CES homepage at http://www.bls.gov/ces/, or by calling 202-691-6555. 2 Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Quarterly averages Monthly data 2002 2002 Category II III Oct. Nov. Labor force status HOUSEHOLD DATA Civilian labor force............................. Employment................................... Unemployment.............................. Not in labor force................................ Sept. Oct.Nov. change 142,605 134,149 8,456 71,059 142,761 134,568 8,193 71,465 143,277 135,185 8,092 71,152 143,123 134,914 8,209 71,519 142,733 134,225 8,508 72,087 -390 -689 299 568 6.0 5.7 5.0 16.8 5.2 11.0 7.8 0.3 .5 -.2 2.2 .1 1.2 .0 Unemployment rates All workers......................................... Adult men...................................... Adult women................................. Teenagers...................................... White.............................................. Black.............................................. Hispanic origin............................... 5.9 5.3 5.2 17.1 5.2 10.7 7.4 5.7 5.2 5.0 16.9 5.1 9.7 7.5 5.6 5.2 4.9 15.7 5.1 9.6 7.4 5.7 5.2 5.2 14.6 5.1 9.8 7.8 Employment ESTABLISHMENT DATA Nonfarm employment......................... Goods-producing¹.......................... Construction............................ 130,706 23,879 6,544 c130,844 c23,787 c6,544 c130,829 p130,915 p130,875 c23,748 p23,694 p23,643 c6,556 p6,545 p6,541 p-40 p-51 p-4 Manufacturing......................... Service-producing¹...................... Retail trade............................... Services.................................... Government.............................. 16,776 106,827 23,327 41,090 21,201 c16,691 c107,057 c23,308 c41,299 21,270 c16,640 p16,596 p16,551 c107,081 p107,221 p107,232 c23,291 p23,292 p23,253 c41,336 p41,386 p41,436 21,293 p21,346 p21,354 p-45 p11 p-39 p50 p8 Hours of work² Total private........................................ Manufacturing................................ Overtime................................... 34.2 41.0 4.2 34.1 40.8 4.1 34.2 40.8 4.1 p34.2 p40.7 p4.1 p34.2 p40.7 p4.1 p0.0 p.0 p.0 Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (1982=100)² Total private........................................ c148.1 147.9 c148.3 cp148.1 cp148.1 cp0.0 Earnings² Average hourly earnings, total private................................... c$14.70 $14.81 Average weekly earnings, total private................................... c503.12 505.14 ¹ Includes other industries, not shown separately. ² Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers. p=preliminary. c=corrected. $14.85 p$14.89 p$14.93 p$0.04 507.87 p509.24 p510.61 p1.37 3 Unemployment (Household Survey Data) The number of unemployed persons edged up to 8.5 million in November. The unemployment rate rose to 6.0 percent, a level most recently reached in April. From May through October, the jobless rate remained within a range of 5.6 to 5.9 percent. In November, the unemployment rate for adult men rose by half a percentage point to 5.7 percent; rates for blacks (11.0 percent) and teenagers (16.8 percent) also were up over the month. The jobless rates for adult women (5.0 percent), whites (5.2 percent), and Hispanics (7.8 percent) showed little or no change. (See tables A-1 and A-2.) Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) Total employment, as measured by the household survey, declined in November to 134.2 million, and the employment-population ratio dropped by 0.4 percentage point to 62.5 percent. Despite some large monthly swings, total employment has shown no net change over the year. (See table A-1.) The civilian labor force, at 142.7 million in November, declined by 390,000 over the month, and has fallen by 544,000 since September. The labor force participation rate decreased by 0.3 percentage point in November to 66.4 percent. (See table A-1.) About 7.2 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) held more than one job in November. These multiple jobholders represented 5.3 percent of the total employed. (See table A-10.) Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) About 1.4 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally attached to the labor force in November, about the same as a year earlier. These individuals reported that they wanted and were available for work and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed, however, because they had not actively searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. The number of discouraged workers was 381,000 in November, also about unchanged from the same month a year earlier. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, were not looking for work specifically because they believed no jobs were available. (See table A-10.) Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data) Total nonfarm payroll employment was little changed (-40,000) in November at 130.9 million. This followed a decline of 84,000 in September and an increase of 86,000 in October (as revised). Payroll employment had increased by 233,000 from April to August, after falling by 1.8 million from March 2001 to April 2002. (See table B-1.) In November, manufacturing employment fell by 45,000. Factory job losses have averaged about 48,000 in the last 4 months, compared with losses of 20,000 a month from April to July. In November, factory job losses were widespread throughout durable goods manufacturing. Electronic equipment employment declined by 11,000. Over the last 2 years, employment in the industry has fallen by 388,000, or 22 percent. In November, transportation equipment lost 11,000 jobs, mainly in aircraft manufacturing. Employment in fabricated metals fell by 10,000 over the month and has declined by nearly 10 percent since July 2000. Retail trade employment was down by 39,000 in November, after seasonal adjustment. This was due in part to less seasonal hiring than usual in November. 4 Employment continued to decline in the communications industry, which has lost 156,000 jobs since April 2001. Employment in electric, gas, and sanitary services fell by 6,000 in November. Transportation employment held steady over the month, with small offsetting movements within the component industries. Construction employment was flat in November. Job gains in general building contractors were offset by losses in heavy construction. Construction industry employment has shown no net growth since spring of this year. Employment in the services industry rose by 50,000 in November. Health services added 27,000 jobs, with hospitals accounting for about half of this increase. Over the past 12 months, employment in the health services industry has risen by 278,000. In November, employment also rose in several other services industries, including engineering and management, agricultural services, and auto repair and parking services. Employment in help supply services decreased by 23,000 in November; this followed declines that totaled 65,000 in the prior 2 months. The industry had added 167,000 jobs from February to August. In finance, employment continued to increase in mortgage brokerages (5,000) as refinancing activity maintained a healthy pace. Employment in mortgage brokerages has grown by 106,000 since its low point in January 2001. Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data) The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged in November at 34.2 hours, seasonally adjusted. The manufacturing workweek and factory overtime also were unchanged at 40.7 hours and 4.1 hours, respectively. (See table B-2.) The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged in November at 148.1 (1982=100), seasonally adjusted. The manufacturing index was down by 0.4 percent over the month to 91.0. (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 4 cents in November to $14.93, seasonally adjusted, following a similar increase (as revised) in October. Average weekly earnings rose by 0.3 percent over the month to $510.61. Over the year, average hourly earnings were up by 2.9 percent and average weekly earnings rose by 3.2 percent. (See table B-3.) ______________________________ Corrections of Establishment Survey Data This release incorporates corrections for nonsupervisory worker estimates in the communications industry for January 2000 and all subsequent months. These corrections resulted in minor revisions in the hours and earnings series. See footnotes on tables B-2 through B-5 for the affected series. Further information is available on the Internet, via the CES homepage at http://www.bls.gov/ces/, or by calling 202-691-6555. 5 New Seasonal Factors for Establishment Survey Data 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 2003 estimates. These factors will be published in the December 2002 issue of Employment and Earnings and are available on the Internet (http://www.bls.gov/ces/), or by calling 202-691-6555. The Employment Situation for December 2002 is scheduled to be released on Friday, January 10, 2003, at 8:30 A.M. (EST). Release dates for the balance of 2003 are as follows: Feb. 7 March 7 April 4 May 2 June 6 July 3 Aug. 1 Sept. 5 Oct. 3 Nov. 7 Dec. 5 Upcoming Changes to Household and National Nonfarm Payroll Data Series Household Data Series Effective with the release of January 2003 data, several changes to the Current Population Survey (CPS) will affect estimates contained in the Employment Situation news release: Population controls that reflect the results of Census 2000 will be used in the monthly CPS estimation process. In addition, CPS data series from January 2000 through December 2002 will be revised to reflect the introduction of the Census 2000-based population controls. The questions on race and Hispanic origin in the CPS will be modified to comply with the new standards for federal statistical agencies. A major change under those standards is that respondents may select more than one race when answering the survey. Respondents will continue to be asked a separate question to determine if they are Hispanic. The Employment Situation news release will present data for persons who report they are white and no other race, black or African American and no other race, and Asian and no other race. Data will continue to be presented for Hispanics separately. The CPS will adopt the Census industry and occupation classification systems derived from the 2002 North American Industry Classification System and the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification system. These new classification systems represent complete breaks in the time series for occupation and industry data. As a result, seasonally adjusted occupation and industry estimates from the household survey will not be presented until sufficient time series become available for seasonal adjustment. The CPS program will begin using the X-12 ARIMA software for seasonal adjustment of time series data. Because of the other revisions being introduced with the January data, the annual revision of 5 years of seasonally adjusted data that typically occurs with the release of data for December will be delayed until the release of data for January. 6 Questions about upcoming changes to the CPS data series can be directed to the Division of Labor Force Statistics at 202-691-6378. National Nonfarm Payroll Data Series NAICS conversion. The nonfarm payroll series, produced from the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program, will be converted from the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) basis to the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) basis with the June 6, 2003, release of May 2003 estimates. The NAICS conversion involves major definitional changes to many of the currently published SIC-based series. After the conversion to NAICS, SIC-based series will no longer be produced or published. Historical time series will be reconstructed as part of the NAICS conversion process. All published series will have a NAICS-based history extending back to at least January 1990. For total nonfarm and other high-level aggregates, NAICS history will begin in January 1939, the current starting date for these series. For more detailed series, the starting date will vary depending on the scope of the definitional changes between SIC and NAICS. The NAICS-based reconstruction effort will cover all CES published data types: all employees, women workers, production workers, average weekly hours, average hourly earnings, and derivative series (for example, indexes of aggregate weekly hours). Completion of the CES sample redesign. June 6, 2003, also will mark the completion of the CES sample redesign phase-in. The redesign converts the CES from a quota-based sample to a probability-based sample. In June 2003, the services industries will be converted to the new sample design; all other private sector industries have already been converted. The final stage of sample redesign phase-in may result in level shifts for average weekly hours, average hourly earnings, production worker, and women worker series. New levels for these series are being recomputed from the NAICS-based probability sample. Concurrent seasonal adjustment. Also beginning in June 2003, the CES program will convert to concurrent seasonal adjustment, which uses all available monthly estimates, including those for the current month, in developing seasonal factors. Currently, the CES program projects seasonal factors twice a year. With the introduction of concurrent seasonal adjustment, BLS will no longer publish seasonal factors for CES national estimates. Change to federal government series. Beginning in June 2003, the CES series for federal government employment will be revised slightly in scope and definition due to a change in source data and estimation methods. The current national series is an end-of-month federal employee count produced by the Office of Personnel Management, and it excludes some workers, mostly employees who work in Department of Defense-owned establishments such as military base commissaries. The CES national series will include these workers. Also, federal government employment will be estimated from a sample of federal establishments, will be benchmarked annually to counts from unemployment insurance tax records, and will reflect employee counts as of the pay period including the 12th of the month, consistent with other CES industry series. The historical time series for federal government employment will be revised to reflect these changes. Further information on upcoming changes to CES data series is available through the BLS public database on the Internet, via the CES homepage at http://www.bls.gov/ces/, or by calling 202-691-6555. 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 2002, the sample included over 300,000 establishments employing about 37 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 employmentpopulation 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. 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 of individuals, because individuals are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job and thus appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each appearance. Seasonal adjustment Over the course of a year, the size of the nations 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 age-sex 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 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 90percent 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 290,000. 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 -190,000 to 390,000 (100,000 +/- 290,000). 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. At an unemployment rate of around 4 percent, the 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly change in unemployment is about +/- 270,000, and for the monthly change in the unemployment rate it is about +/- .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 surveys estimating procedures, whereby a specified number of jobs is added to the monthly samplebased change. The size of the 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 samplebased 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 $27.00 per issue or $53.00 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 HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age (Numbers in thousands) Seasonally adjusted1 Not seasonally adjusted Employment status, sex, and age Nov. 2001 Oct. 2002 Nov. 2002 Nov. 2001 July 2002 Aug. 2002 Sept. 2002 Oct. 2002 Nov. 2002 212,767 141,911 66.7 134,359 63.1 2,971 131,388 7,551 5.3 70,856 4,320 214,643 142,878 66.6 135,237 63.0 3,611 131,627 7,640 5.3 71,765 4,133 214,819 142,405 66.3 134,358 62.5 3,182 131,176 8,047 5.7 72,414 4,348 212,767 142,279 66.9 134,253 63.1 3,154 131,099 8,026 5.6 70,488 4,698 214,023 142,390 66.5 134,045 62.6 3,282 130,763 8,345 5.9 71,633 4,895 214,225 142,616 66.6 134,474 62.8 3,188 131,286 8,142 5.7 71,609 4,503 214,429 143,277 66.8 135,185 63.0 3,298 131,887 8,092 5.6 71,152 4,674 214,643 143,123 66.7 134,914 62.9 3,525 131,389 8,209 5.7 71,519 4,444 214,819 142,733 66.4 134,225 62.5 3,357 130,867 8,508 6.0 72,087 4,716 102,322 75,594 73.9 71,456 69.8 4,138 5.5 103,259 76,111 73.7 72,065 69.8 4,045 5.3 103,347 75,726 73.3 71,261 69.0 4,465 5.9 102,322 76,023 74.3 71,570 69.9 4,453 5.9 102,945 76,041 73.9 71,509 69.5 4,532 6.0 103,046 76,088 73.8 71,552 69.4 4,536 6.0 103,148 76,480 74.1 72,004 69.8 4,476 5.9 103,259 76,262 73.9 71,854 69.6 4,408 5.8 103,347 76,132 73.7 71,348 69.0 4,784 6.3 94,077 71,738 76.3 68,292 72.6 2,013 66,279 3,446 4.8 95,020 72,368 76.2 68,875 72.5 2,497 66,378 3,493 4.8 95,158 72,013 75.7 68,216 71.7 2,258 65,958 3,796 5.3 94,077 71,935 76.5 68,204 72.5 2,082 66,122 3,731 5.2 94,694 72,172 76.2 68,405 72.2 2,256 66,149 3,767 5.2 94,756 72,203 76.2 68,447 72.2 2,221 66,226 3,757 5.2 94,906 72,473 76.4 68,711 72.4 2,226 66,485 3,762 5.2 95,020 72,342 76.1 68,545 72.1 2,432 66,114 3,796 5.2 95,158 72,185 75.9 68,099 71.6 2,337 65,761 4,087 5.7 110,445 66,317 60.0 62,904 57.0 3,414 5.1 111,383 66,767 59.9 63,172 56.7 3,595 5.4 111,472 66,679 59.8 63,097 56.6 3,582 5.4 110,445 66,256 60.0 62,683 56.8 3,573 5.4 111,078 66,349 59.7 62,536 56.3 3,813 5.7 111,179 66,527 59.8 62,922 56.6 3,605 5.4 111,281 66,797 60.0 63,181 56.8 3,616 5.4 111,383 66,862 60.0 63,061 56.6 3,801 5.7 111,472 66,601 59.7 62,877 56.4 3,724 5.6 102,438 62,454 61.0 59,576 58.2 770 58,806 2,878 4.6 103,416 63,095 61.0 60,014 58.0 880 59,134 3,081 4.9 103,499 63,054 60.9 60,049 58.0 762 59,287 3,005 4.8 102,438 62,321 60.8 59,288 57.9 852 58,436 3,033 4.9 103,127 62,590 60.7 59,364 57.6 814 58,550 3,226 5.2 103,256 62,783 60.8 59,710 57.8 772 58,938 3,073 4.9 103,335 62,929 60.9 59,835 57.9 845 58,991 3,094 4.9 103,416 63,045 61.0 59,764 57.8 865 58,899 3,281 5.2 103,499 62,906 60.8 59,765 57.7 832 58,933 3,140 5.0 16,252 7,719 47.5 6,491 39.9 188 6,303 1,228 15.9 16,206 7,414 45.8 6,348 39.2 234 6,114 1,066 14.4 16,163 7,338 45.4 6,093 37.7 162 5,931 1,246 17.0 16,252 8,023 49.4 6,761 41.6 220 6,541 1,262 15.7 16,202 7,629 47.1 6,276 38.7 213 6,064 1,352 17.7 16,212 7,630 47.1 6,318 39.0 196 6,122 1,312 17.2 16,189 7,874 48.6 6,639 41.0 227 6,411 1,236 15.7 16,206 7,737 47.7 6,605 40.8 229 6,376 1,131 14.6 16,163 7,642 47.3 6,361 39.4 188 6,173 1,282 16.8 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 ......................................... Men, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ............................................................... Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio ............................................ Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate .......................................................... Men, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ............................................................... Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio ............................................ Agriculture .......................................................................... Nonagricultural industries ................................................... Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate .......................................................... Women, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ............................................................... Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio ............................................ Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate .......................................................... Women, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ............................................................... Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio ............................................ 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 ................................................... Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate .......................................................... 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-2. 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. 2001 Oct. 2002 Nov. 2002 Nov. 2001 July 2002 Aug. 2002 Sept. 2002 Oct. 2002 Nov. 2002 176,500 118,168 67.0 112,649 63.8 5,519 4.7 177,777 118,706 66.8 113,120 63.6 5,586 4.7 177,896 118,335 66.5 112,585 63.3 5,749 4.9 176,500 118,566 67.2 112,652 63.8 5,914 5.0 177,345 118,678 66.9 112,446 63.4 6,233 5.3 177,486 118,919 67.0 112,844 63.6 6,075 5.1 177,628 119,021 67.0 113,010 63.6 6,011 5.1 177,777 118,969 66.9 112,882 63.5 6,087 5.1 177,896 118,710 66.7 112,562 63.3 6,149 5.2 60,686 76.6 58,080 73.4 2,606 4.3 61,042 76.5 58,452 73.2 2,591 4.2 60,864 76.2 58,060 72.7 2,804 4.6 60,900 76.9 58,044 73.3 2,856 4.7 61,068 76.7 58,164 73.1 2,904 4.8 61,240 76.9 58,332 73.2 2,908 4.7 61,212 76.7 58,331 73.1 2,881 4.7 61,101 76.5 58,219 72.9 2,882 4.7 61,056 76.4 58,002 72.6 3,054 5.0 50,974 60.3 48,956 58.0 2,018 4.0 51,413 60.4 49,249 57.9 2,165 4.2 51,245 60.2 49,219 57.8 2,026 4.0 50,850 60.2 48,712 57.7 2,138 4.2 51,125 60.2 48,856 57.6 2,268 4.4 51,297 60.4 49,076 57.8 2,221 4.3 51,212 60.2 48,994 57.6 2,218 4.3 51,370 60.4 49,053 57.6 2,318 4.5 51,116 60.0 48,974 57.5 2,142 4.2 6,508 50.7 5,613 43.7 894 13.7 16.2 11.3 6,251 48.6 5,419 42.2 831 13.3 13.4 13.2 6,226 48.4 5,307 41.3 920 14.8 16.1 13.4 6,816 53.1 5,896 45.9 920 13.5 15.8 11.1 6,485 50.5 5,425 42.2 1,060 16.4 19.1 13.6 6,382 49.7 5,437 42.3 945 14.8 17.5 12.1 6,597 51.3 5,685 44.2 911 13.8 15.3 12.3 6,499 50.6 5,610 43.7 888 13.7 14.4 13.0 6,538 50.9 5,586 43.5 953 14.6 15.8 13.3 25,720 16,729 65.0 15,127 58.8 1,602 9.6 26,081 16,925 64.9 15,340 58.8 1,585 9.4 26,116 16,843 64.5 15,056 57.6 1,787 10.6 25,720 16,687 64.9 15,040 58.5 1,647 9.9 25,961 16,618 64.0 14,976 57.7 1,642 9.9 26,000 16,753 64.4 15,142 58.2 1,611 9.6 26,039 17,053 65.5 15,420 59.2 1,633 9.6 26,081 16,940 65.0 15,275 58.6 1,665 9.8 26,116 16,820 64.4 14,974 57.3 1,846 11.0 7,424 71.9 6,804 65.9 620 8.3 7,600 72.5 6,897 65.8 703 9.3 7,429 70.8 6,662 63.5 766 10.3 7,385 71.6 6,739 65.3 646 8.7 7,472 71.6 6,800 65.2 673 9.0 7,492 71.7 6,834 65.4 658 8.8 7,652 73.1 6,944 66.4 708 9.3 7,566 72.2 6,829 65.1 738 9.7 7,400 70.5 6,596 62.8 803 10.9 8,396 65.1 7,703 59.7 693 8.3 8,454 64.6 7,767 59.3 688 8.1 8,546 65.2 7,786 59.4 760 8.9 8,371 64.9 7,669 59.4 702 8.4 8,348 64.1 7,602 58.3 746 8.9 8,414 64.5 7,719 59.1 695 8.3 8,465 64.8 7,799 59.7 665 7.9 8,460 64.6 7,744 59.1 716 8.5 8,522 65.0 7,755 59.2 768 9.0 909 36.4 620 24.9 289 31.8 31.1 32.4 871 34.8 676 27.0 194 22.3 22.6 22.1 868 34.6 608 24.2 260 30.0 28.4 31.5 931 37.3 632 25.3 299 32.1 31.6 32.6 798 31.9 575 23.0 223 28.0 20.5 34.8 847 33.9 589 23.5 258 30.5 30.5 30.4 936 37.4 677 27.0 259 27.7 34.7 20.8 914 36.5 702 28.1 211 23.1 24.8 21.3 898 35.8 623 24.8 275 30.6 29.7 31.6 WHITE Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Men ................................................................................... Women ............................................................................. BLACK Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Men ................................................................................... Women ............................................................................. See footnotes at end of table. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin — Continued (Numbers in thousands) Seasonally adjusted1 Not seasonally adjusted Employment status, race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin Nov. 2001 Oct. 2002 Nov. 2002 Nov. 2001 July 2002 Aug. 2002 Sept. 2002 Oct. 2002 Nov. 2002 23,417 15,830 67.6 14,698 62.8 1,132 7.1 24,129 16,274 67.4 15,042 62.3 1,232 7.6 24,194 16,265 67.2 15,031 62.1 1,234 7.6 23,417 15,932 68.0 14,751 63.0 1,181 7.4 23,935 16,304 68.1 15,066 62.9 1,238 7.6 23,999 16,240 67.7 15,014 62.6 1,225 7.5 24,065 16,294 67.7 15,095 62.7 1,198 7.4 24,129 16,216 67.2 14,952 62.0 1,264 7.8 24,194 16,347 67.6 15,076 62.3 1,271 7.8 HISPANIC ORIGIN Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ 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. Table A-3. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment (Numbers in thousands) Seasonally adjusted1 Not seasonally adjusted Educational attainment Nov. 2001 Oct. 2002 Nov. 2002 Nov. 2001 July 2002 Aug. 2002 Sept. 2002 Oct. 2002 Nov. 2002 27,504 11,997 43.6 11,044 40.2 954 7.9 26,865 11,781 43.9 10,832 40.3 948 8.1 26,983 11,854 43.9 10,775 39.9 1,079 9.1 27,504 12,035 43.8 11,066 40.2 969 8.1 27,112 11,770 43.4 10,743 39.6 1,028 8.7 26,900 11,752 43.7 10,762 40.0 991 8.4 26,847 11,808 44.0 10,883 40.5 925 7.8 26,865 11,813 44.0 10,778 40.1 1,034 8.8 26,983 11,908 44.1 10,819 40.1 1,090 9.2 57,400 36,836 64.2 35,069 61.1 1,767 4.8 57,949 37,255 64.3 35,606 61.4 1,649 4.4 58,454 37,360 63.9 35,487 60.7 1,872 5.0 57,400 36,719 64.0 34,882 60.8 1,837 5.0 57,012 37,149 65.2 35,250 61.8 1,898 5.1 57,778 37,203 64.4 35,323 61.1 1,880 5.1 58,097 37,533 64.6 35,668 61.4 1,865 5.0 57,949 37,380 64.5 35,571 61.4 1,810 4.8 58,454 37,220 63.7 35,276 60.3 1,944 5.2 45,353 33,529 73.9 32,203 71.0 1,326 4.0 45,898 33,774 73.6 32,309 70.4 1,465 4.3 45,964 33,602 73.1 32,101 69.8 1,501 4.5 45,353 33,420 73.7 32,018 70.6 1,402 4.2 45,695 33,162 72.6 31,693 69.4 1,469 4.4 45,494 33,184 72.9 31,742 69.8 1,443 4.3 45,386 33,599 74.0 32,013 70.5 1,586 4.7 45,898 33,510 73.0 32,021 69.8 1,489 4.4 45,964 33,454 72.8 31,878 69.4 1,576 4.7 47,225 37,290 79.0 36,285 76.8 1,005 2.7 48,334 38,026 78.7 36,914 76.4 1,111 2.9 47,835 37,582 78.6 36,554 76.4 1,028 2.7 47,225 37,324 79.0 36,223 76.7 1,101 2.9 48,755 37,850 77.6 36,750 75.4 1,100 2.9 48,583 37,996 78.2 36,974 76.1 1,021 2.7 48,557 37,997 78.3 36,896 76.0 1,101 2.9 48,334 37,896 78.4 36,731 76.0 1,165 3.1 47,835 37,665 78.7 36,554 76.4 1,111 2.9 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 college2 Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Percent of population .......................................................... Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Less than a bachelor's degree3 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 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation, therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. 2 3 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. 2001 Oct. 2002 Nov. 2002 Nov. 2001 July 2002 Aug. 2002 Sept. 2002 Oct. 2002 Nov. 2002 134,359 43,044 33,482 8,386 135,237 43,680 34,010 8,394 134,358 43,258 33,804 8,436 134,253 42,861 33,330 8,331 134,045 43,273 33,361 8,521 134,474 43,371 33,723 8,419 135,185 43,225 33,997 8,357 134,914 43,376 33,773 8,377 134,225 43,172 33,669 8,361 42,031 38,602 18,436 14,620 17,581 3,090 42,546 38,127 19,025 14,418 17,437 3,684 41,821 38,690 18,963 14,361 17,265 3,256 41,925 38,546 18,456 14,637 17,311 3,267 41,978 38,458 18,752 14,073 17,327 3,501 42,152 38,892 18,771 14,242 17,142 3,340 42,385 38,623 18,884 14,503 17,345 3,361 42,351 38,241 19,393 14,275 17,093 3,630 41,693 38,613 19,021 14,361 17,014 3,457 1,753 1,208 11 2,248 1,328 35 1,920 1,226 36 1,865 1,276 12 2,031 1,227 27 1,927 1,231 24 2,054 1,221 25 2,186 1,322 34 2,038 1,293 42 122,859 19,356 103,503 772 102,730 8,450 79 122,840 19,442 103,397 885 102,513 8,694 93 122,201 19,578 102,623 914 101,708 8,874 101 122,507 19,172 103,335 790 102,545 8,507 77 122,196 19,709 102,486 855 101,631 8,268 99 122,885 19,596 103,289 887 102,402 8,368 87 123,327 19,442 103,885 934 102,951 8,439 91 122,653 19,423 103,230 902 102,328 8,582 94 121,856 19,384 102,472 931 101,541 8,910 98 All industries: Part time for economic reasons ............................................ Slack work or business conditions ...................................... Could only find part-time work ............................................ Part time for noneconomic reasons ...................................... 4,042 2,729 1,052 19,672 3,891 2,652 1,069 19,297 4,080 2,699 1,127 19,661 4,206 2,796 1,121 18,587 4,177 2,723 1,096 19,138 4,325 2,880 1,159 19,120 4,217 2,687 1,202 18,833 4,262 2,908 1,130 18,484 4,155 2,715 1,190 18,548 Nonagricultural industries: Part time for economic reasons ............................................ Slack work or business conditions ...................................... Could only find part-time work ............................................ Part time for noneconomic reasons ...................................... 3,837 2,600 1,035 19,118 3,770 2,571 1,045 18,707 3,931 2,604 1,103 19,123 4,017 2,679 1,096 18,007 3,949 2,609 1,074 18,572 4,060 2,715 1,131 18,609 4,068 2,596 1,174 18,300 4,148 2,834 1,097 17,884 4,032 2,631 1,158 17,990 CHARACTERISTIC Total employed, 16 years and over .......................................... Married men, spouse present ................................................. Married women, spouse present ............................................ Women who maintain families ................................................ 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 ................................................. CLASS 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 .......................................................... PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME 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 Category Number of unemployed persons (in thousands) Unemployment rates1 Nov. 2001 Oct. 2002 Nov. 2002 Nov. 2001 July 2002 Aug. 2002 Sept. 2002 Oct. 2002 Nov. 2002 Total, 16 years and over .......................................................... Men, 20 years and over ......................................................... Women, 20 years and over ................................................... Both sexes, 16 to 19 years .................................................... 8,026 3,731 3,033 1,262 8,209 3,796 3,281 1,131 8,508 4,087 3,140 1,282 5.6 5.2 4.9 15.7 5.9 5.2 5.2 17.7 5.7 5.2 4.9 17.2 5.6 5.2 4.9 15.7 5.7 5.2 5.2 14.6 6.0 5.7 5.0 16.8 Married men, spouse present ................................................ Married women, spouse present ........................................... Women who maintain families ............................................... 1,465 1,237 724 1,546 1,328 733 1,603 1,318 760 3.3 3.6 8.0 3.5 3.7 8.4 3.4 3.5 7.3 3.6 3.6 7.2 3.4 3.8 8.0 3.6 3.8 8.3 Full-time workers ................................................................... Part-time workers .................................................................. 6,624 1,375 6,915 1,293 7,235 1,270 5.6 5.6 5.9 5.4 5.7 5.6 5.7 5.3 5.8 5.3 6.1 5.1 1,207 2,053 895 1,729 237 1,311 2,158 965 1,591 268 1,342 2,136 984 1,651 278 2.8 5.1 5.8 9.1 6.8 3.1 5.3 6.4 8.6 8.8 3.1 5.2 6.2 8.3 9.3 3.1 5.3 5.8 8.5 8.2 3.0 5.3 6.3 8.5 6.9 3.1 5.2 6.4 8.8 7.4 6,586 1,994 29 745 1,220 807 413 4,592 504 1,767 293 2,028 473 192 6,818 2,032 29 814 1,189 743 446 4,786 410 2,030 254 2,092 550 157 6,858 2,049 45 774 1,230 795 435 4,809 439 2,046 277 2,047 504 195 6.0 7.1 5.3 8.9 6.4 6.9 5.5 5.6 6.1 6.4 3.5 5.4 2.4 9.3 6.2 7.4 3.8 10.3 6.3 6.8 5.6 5.9 5.3 6.8 3.7 5.8 2.5 9.7 6.0 7.2 6.0 9.5 6.3 6.5 5.9 5.6 4.8 6.8 3.1 5.4 2.4 9.8 6.0 7.4 8.0 9.3 6.5 6.9 5.9 5.5 5.0 6.9 3.1 5.1 2.7 8.8 6.2 7.4 5.2 9.9 6.4 6.5 6.2 5.8 5.2 7.3 3.0 5.4 2.8 6.7 6.3 7.5 7.6 9.3 6.6 7.0 6.1 5.9 5.6 7.5 3.2 5.4 2.5 8.7 CHARACTERISTIC OCCUPATION2 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 2 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force. 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. Table A-6. Duration of unemployment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Duration Nov. 2001 Oct. 2002 Nov. 2002 Nov. 2001 July 2002 Aug. 2002 Sept. 2002 Oct. 2002 Nov. 2002 Less than 5 weeks ................................................................... 5 to 14 weeks .......................................................................... 15 weeks and over .................................................................. 15 to 26 weeks ..................................................................... 27 weeks and over ............................................................... 2,883 2,501 2,168 1,115 1,052 2,573 2,254 2,813 1,237 1,577 2,744 2,462 2,841 1,199 1,642 3,090 2,573 2,317 1,207 1,110 2,896 2,464 2,883 1,349 1,533 2,880 2,431 2,783 1,309 1,474 2,708 2,511 2,900 1,315 1,585 2,715 2,471 2,980 1,324 1,656 2,904 2,490 3,022 1,288 1,734 Average (mean) duration, in weeks ......................................... Median duration, in weeks ....................................................... 14.5 7.5 18.1 9.6 17.7 9.1 14.4 7.6 16.4 8.6 16.2 8.4 17.8 9.5 17.5 9.6 17.7 9.3 100.0 38.2 33.1 28.7 14.8 13.9 100.0 33.7 29.5 36.8 16.2 20.6 100.0 34.1 30.6 35.3 14.9 20.4 100.0 38.7 32.2 29.0 15.1 13.9 100.0 35.1 29.9 35.0 16.4 18.6 100.0 35.6 30.0 34.4 16.2 18.2 100.0 33.4 30.9 35.7 16.2 19.5 100.0 33.2 30.3 36.5 16.2 20.3 100.0 34.5 29.6 35.9 15.3 20.6 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. 2001 Oct. 2002 Nov. 2002 Nov. 2001 July 2002 Aug. 2002 Sept. 2002 Oct. 2002 Nov. 2002 4,194 1,017 3,177 2,403 774 799 2,096 462 4,064 713 3,351 2,610 741 884 2,265 427 4,451 915 3,536 2,769 766 778 2,269 549 4,501 1,157 3,344 (1) (1) 848 2,197 497 4,580 1,224 3,356 (1) (1) 818 2,375 571 4,560 1,151 3,410 (1) (1) 824 2,270 619 4,535 999 3,536 (1) (1) 781 2,263 526 4,737 1,054 3,682 (1) (1) 838 2,344 469 4,651 1,031 3,619 (1) (1) 822 2,376 588 100.0 55.5 13.5 42.1 10.6 27.8 6.1 100.0 53.2 9.3 43.9 11.6 29.6 5.6 100.0 55.3 11.4 43.9 9.7 28.2 6.8 100.0 56.0 14.4 41.6 10.5 27.3 6.2 100.0 54.9 14.7 40.2 9.8 28.5 6.8 100.0 55.1 13.9 41.2 10.0 27.4 7.5 100.0 56.0 12.3 43.6 9.6 27.9 6.5 100.0 56.5 12.6 43.9 10.0 27.9 5.6 100.0 55.1 12.2 42.9 9.7 28.2 7.0 3.0 .6 1.5 .3 2.8 .6 1.6 .3 3.1 .5 1.6 .4 3.2 .6 1.5 .3 3.2 .6 1.7 .4 3.2 .6 1.6 .4 3.2 .5 1.6 .4 3.3 .6 1.6 .3 3.3 .6 1.7 .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. Table A-8. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization (Percent) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Measure Nov. 2001 Oct. 2002 Nov. 2002 Nov. 2001 July 2002 Aug. 2002 Sept. 2002 Oct. 2002 Nov. 2002 U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force ............................................................................................................... 1.5 2.0 2.0 1.6 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.1 U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force ................................................................................................... 3.0 2.8 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.3 U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official unemployment rate) ............................................................................... 5.3 5.3 5.7 5.6 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.7 6.0 U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers .................................................................... 5.5 5.6 5.9 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all other marginally attached workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers ................................................................................................... 6.2 6.3 6.6 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers, plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers ............................................................................. 9.0 9.0 9.4 (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) Age and sex Unemployment rates1 Nov. 2001 Oct. 2002 Nov. 2002 Nov. 2001 July 2002 Aug. 2002 Sept. 2002 Oct. 2002 Nov. 2002 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 ............................................. 8,026 2,650 1,262 531 738 1,388 5,307 4,648 668 8,209 2,642 1,131 461 669 1,510 5,554 4,792 791 8,508 2,727 1,282 552 729 1,445 5,754 5,014 736 5.6 11.7 15.7 17.5 14.8 9.5 4.4 4.6 3.5 5.9 12.3 17.7 20.9 16.1 9.5 4.6 4.8 3.7 5.7 12.2 17.2 19.7 16.0 9.6 4.5 4.6 4.0 5.6 11.8 15.7 19.3 13.6 9.7 4.5 4.6 3.7 5.7 11.8 14.6 16.1 13.8 10.3 4.6 4.8 3.8 6.0 12.2 16.8 19.4 15.3 9.8 4.8 5.0 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 ........................................... 4,453 1,526 722 316 411 804 2,877 2,453 430 4,408 1,414 612 248 360 802 2,988 2,580 430 4,784 1,486 697 309 389 789 3,271 2,825 433 5.9 13.0 17.7 20.4 16.2 10.5 4.5 4.6 4.1 6.0 13.0 19.8 23.9 17.4 9.6 4.7 4.8 4.0 6.0 13.7 20.1 24.5 17.8 10.5 4.6 4.7 4.1 5.9 13.2 17.8 21.5 15.9 10.8 4.5 4.7 3.9 5.8 12.2 15.6 17.5 14.5 10.4 4.6 4.8 3.8 6.3 12.7 17.7 21.1 15.7 10.2 5.1 5.3 3.9 Women, 16 years and over ................................ 16 to 24 years ................................................... 16 to 19 years ................................................. 16 to 17 years ............................................... 18 to 19 years ............................................... 20 to 24 years ................................................. 25 years and over ............................................. 25 to 54 years ................................................. 55 years and over ........................................... 3,573 1,124 540 215 327 584 2,430 2,195 238 3,801 1,228 520 213 309 708 2,566 2,212 361 3,724 1,241 584 243 339 657 2,483 2,189 302 5.4 10.3 13.7 14.5 13.3 8.3 4.4 4.7 2.8 5.7 11.6 15.6 17.9 14.8 9.4 4.6 4.8 3.4 5.4 10.6 14.2 15.1 14.1 8.7 4.5 4.6 3.8 5.4 10.3 13.5 17.2 11.1 8.5 4.5 4.6 3.5 5.7 11.3 13.6 14.7 13.2 10.1 4.6 4.8 3.8 5.6 11.6 15.8 17.6 14.8 9.3 4.4 4.7 3.1 1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force. 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. 2001 Nov. 2002 Nov. 2001 Nov. 2002 Nov. 2001 Nov. 2002 70,856 4,320 1,315 72,414 4,348 1,390 26,728 1,996 685 27,621 1,915 696 44,127 2,324 630 44,793 2,433 694 322 993 381 1,009 180 504 234 462 141 488 147 547 Total multiple jobholders4 ................................................................... Percent of total employed ............................................................... 7,080 5.3 7,183 5.3 3,593 5.0 3,475 4.9 3,487 5.5 3,708 5.9 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 ......................................... 3,870 1,514 241 1,414 3,830 1,597 248 1,477 2,188 491 136 746 2,098 478 167 723 1,682 1,022 105 668 1,732 1,120 82 754 NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE Total not in the labor force .................................................................. Persons who currently want a job ................................................... Searched for work and available to work now1 .......................... Reason not currently looking: Discouragement over job prospects2 ................................ Reasons other than discouragement3 ............................... 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 Industry Nov. 2001 Sept. 2002 Oct. 2002p Seasonally adjusted Nov. 2002p Nov. 2001 July 2002 Aug. 2002 Sept. 2002c Oct. 2002p Nov. 2002p Total .................................................. 132,089 131,207 131,808 131,908 131,087 130,790 130,913 130,829 130,915 130,875 Total private ............................................ 110,575 110,105 110,163 110,094 109,987 109,562 109,624 109,536 109,569 109,521 Goods-producing .................................................. 24,481 24,079 23,964 23,774 24,353 23,812 23,801 23,748 23,694 23,643 Mining ............................................................... Metal mining ................................................. Coal mining ................................................... Oil and gas extraction ................................... Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels ............... 570 34.3 82.4 340.7 112.5 559 32.2 78.8 332.6 115.4 560 32.2 78.3 335.2 114.4 554 32.2 78.5 332.1 111.2 566 34 82 340 110 551 33 79 329 110 555 32 79 333 111 552 32 79 330 111 553 32 78 332 111 551 32 78 332 109 Construction ..................................................... General building contractors ......................... Heavy construction, except building ............. Special trade contractors .............................. 6,730 1,466.1 954.4 4,309.6 6,800 1,504.9 967.7 4,327.8 6,756 1,505.2 957.7 4,293.1 6,645 1,494.9 912.8 4,237.3 6,629 1,454 925 4,250 6,519 1,445 899 4,175 6,556 1,460 898 4,198 6,556 1,469 898 4,189 6,545 1,475 893 4,177 6,541 1,482 885 4,174 Manufacturing ................................................... Production workers ................................... 17,181 11,538 16,720 11,249 16,648 11,190 16,575 11,123 17,158 11,513 16,742 11,247 16,690 11,212 16,640 11,164 16,596 11,132 16,551 11,094 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 ....................... 10,245 6,820 776.4 492.5 564.3 625.8 203.2 1,443.0 1,902.4 323.5 1,518.8 604.0 1,723.6 924.1 454.8 822.3 375.7 9,856 6,565 776.3 488.1 567.2 588.7 188.2 1,417.3 1,794.4 294.7 1,390.9 546.8 1,664.1 915.3 401.9 796.7 372.5 9,811 6,534 771.2 485.1 564.2 584.4 187.9 1,413.0 1,791.0 294.5 1,379.3 541.2 1,656.2 908.6 398.4 791.9 374.3 9,768 6,502 764.4 482.9 561.4 582.5 187.5 1,401.1 1,789.4 295.1 1,367.6 536.1 1,652.9 913.0 393.1 789.0 376.7 10,237 6,809 772 495 561 625 (1) 1,438 1,909 325 1,520 605 1,720 921 452 825 372 9,922 6,609 766 495 554 589 (1) 1,428 1,826 301 1,426 563 1,661 905 409 803 374 9,889 6,591 768 495 557 589 (1) 1,418 1,810 296 1,408 555 1,675 918 407 799 370 9,832 6,539 764 488 558 586 (1) 1,412 1,801 296 1,392 550 1,661 912 400 798 372 9,801 6,520 764 488 557 582 (1) 1,409 1,798 295 1,380 544 1,660 913 396 793 370 9,765 6,492 762 486 557 581 (1) 1,399 1,796 296 1,369 537 1,649 910 390 792 374 Nondurable goods .......................................... Production workers ................................... 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 ........................ 6,936 4,718 1,697.7 35.4 451.0 539.7 626.0 1,457.2 1,015.1 126.6 930.7 57.0 6,864 4,684 1,740.2 37.9 429.4 519.5 613.8 1,402.0 1,007.5 128.2 929.0 56.5 6,837 4,656 1,725.6 37.9 426.7 513.1 613.1 1,404.2 1,006.0 127.6 926.6 56.5 6,807 4,621 1,699.0 38.2 424.7 512.4 611.5 1,406.9 1,007.3 126.7 924.2 56.1 6,921 4,704 1,690 34 451 537 626 1,453 1,015 127 932 56 6,820 4,638 1,687 35 429 525 612 1,406 1,008 126 936 56 6,801 4,621 1,683 38 427 524 613 1,401 1,006 125 929 55 6,808 4,625 1,694 37 426 516 612 1,403 1,010 126 927 57 6,795 4,612 1,693 37 426 511 613 1,401 1,006 125 926 57 6,786 4,602 1,689 37 424 510 611 1,401 1,007 126 926 55 Service-producing ................................................. 107,608 107,128 107,844 108,134 106,734 106,978 107,112 107,081 107,221 107,232 Transportation and public utilities ..................... Transportation .............................................. Railroad transportation ............................. Local and interurban passenger transit .... Trucking and warehousing ....................... Water transportation ................................. Transportation by air ................................. Pipelines, except natural gas .................... Transportation services ............................ Communications and public utilities ............. Communications ....................................... Electric, gas, and sanitary services .......... 6,951 4,408 231.8 494.8 1,843.0 183.1 1,207.0 15.3 433.1 2,543 1,693.1 850.0 6,776 4,339 226.3 476.9 1,842.5 195.0 1,162.3 14.9 420.7 2,437 1,592.8 844.3 6,770 4,344 225.7 484.3 1,846.7 192.3 1,160.6 14.8 419.5 2,426 1,583.8 842.4 6,754 4,334 225.0 481.4 1,841.7 184.3 1,167.6 14.9 419.2 2,420 1,584.1 836.3 6,907 4,367 232 480 1,831 189 1,187 15 433 2,540 1,689 851 6,780 4,328 227 471 1,834 192 1,167 15 422 2,452 1,608 844 6,765 4,323 228 466 1,827 190 1,176 15 421 2,442 1,597 845 6,725 4,293 226 469 1,816 189 1,160 15 418 2,432 1,588 844 6,726 4,300 225 471 1,827 188 1,156 15 418 2,426 1,584 842 6,716 4,300 224 467 1,830 191 1,152 15 421 2,416 1,580 836 Wholesale trade ................................................ Durable goods .............................................. Nondurable goods ........................................ 6,705 3,956 2,749 6,673 3,898 2,775 6,673 3,897 2,776 6,662 3,894 2,768 6,693 3,952 2,741 6,679 3,914 2,765 6,671 3,905 2,766 6,663 3,897 2,766 6,657 3,893 2,764 6,652 3,891 2,761 See footnotes at end of table. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry-Continued (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Industry Seasonally adjusted Nov. 2001 Sept. 2002 Oct. 2002p Nov. 2002p Nov. 2001 July 2002 Aug. 2002 Sept. 2002c Oct. 2002p Nov. 2002p 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 ............. 23,841 1,040.0 3,111.1 2,750.2 3,492.2 2,432.8 1,126.1 1,229.4 1,187.6 8,157.3 3,190.7 23,323 1,068.0 2,813.9 2,479.1 3,388.3 2,451.1 1,134.3 1,157.9 1,140.7 8,233.3 3,069.3 23,332 1,069.2 2,869.9 2,523.9 3,400.1 2,445.0 1,133.3 1,167.1 1,158.6 8,126.6 3,095.5 23,630 1,071.0 3,051.4 2,683.3 3,426.9 2,432.5 1,128.3 1,231.1 1,188.4 8,065.2 3,163.2 23,449 1,049 2,877 2,540 3,448 2,434 1,126 1,173 1,156 8,224 3,088 23,339 1,067 2,885 2,544 3,388 2,437 1,127 1,178 1,153 8,144 3,087 23,295 1,066 2,850 2,513 3,392 2,443 1,130 1,177 1,154 8,125 3,088 23,291 1,067 2,856 2,515 3,392 2,438 1,131 1,171 1,153 8,129 3,085 23,292 1,071 2,851 2,505 3,387 2,438 1,131 1,173 1,158 8,141 3,073 23,253 1,081 2,831 2,488 3,386 2,433 1,128 1,177 1,160 8,127 3,058 Finance, insurance, and real estate ................. Finance ......................................................... Depository institutions .............................. Commercial banks ................................ Savings institutions ............................... Nondepository institutions ........................ Mortgage bankers and brokers ............. Security and commodity brokers .............. Holding and other investment offices ....... Insurance ...................................................... Insurance carriers ..................................... Insurance agents, brokers, and service .... Real estate ................................................... 7,734 3,819 2,063.9 1,439.2 259.5 747.8 348.5 744.4 262.4 2,374 1,593.7 780.6 1,541 7,766 3,825 2,071.0 1,444.7 262.1 777.8 379.6 715.0 261.0 2,363 1,573.8 789.1 1,578 7,798 3,847 2,073.1 1,445.7 261.0 799.2 398.5 711.2 263.1 2,370 1,574.6 795.4 1,581 7,810 3,862 2,079.9 1,450.2 260.8 810.4 406.8 708.3 263.3 2,374 1,574.9 799.2 1,574 7,751 3,821 2,068 1,442 260 747 349 745 261 2,377 1,597 780 1,553 7,737 3,819 2,073 1,445 263 767 372 718 261 2,365 1,576 789 1,553 7,745 3,822 2,075 1,448 263 773 374 714 260 2,366 1,574 792 1,557 7,773 3,837 2,078 1,450 264 783 382 714 262 2,366 1,577 789 1,570 7,814 3,860 2,082 1,453 264 802 401 713 263 2,372 1,578 794 1,582 7,821 3,861 2,083 1,453 261 807 406 709 262 2,376 1,578 798 1,584 Services2 .......................................................... 40,863 41,488 41,626 41,464 Agricultural services ..................................... 859.6 917.6 904.1 880.6 Hotels and other lodging places ................... 1,733.1 1,833.9 1,787.6 1,715.3 Personal services ......................................... 1,233.4 1,250.0 1,253.2 1,257.0 Business services ......................................... 9,408.3 9,481.2 9,486.0 9,418.1 Services to buildings ................................. 1,024.5 1,047.1 1,043.2 1,047.1 Personnel supply services ........................ 3,240.1 3,342.3 3,322.4 3,254.0 Help supply services ............................. 2,901.9 3,018.8 2,996.2 2,925.3 Computer and data processing services .. 2,217.2 2,181.2 2,183.4 2,191.0 Auto repair, services, and parking ................ 1,252.6 1,267.1 1,259.2 1,260.7 Miscellaneous repair services ...................... 375.6 378.8 379.8 378.7 Motion pictures ............................................. 568.0 585.7 575.5 579.1 Amusement and recreation services ............ 1,518.5 1,706.3 1,594.9 1,483.6 Health services ............................................. 10,515.6 10,719.2 10,753.4 10,793.8 Offices and clinics of medical doctors ...... 2,025.8 2,077.5 2,082.9 2,089.2 Nursing and personal care facilities .......... 1,869.7 1,896.4 1,900.8 1,909.1 Hospitals ................................................... 4,156.6 4,244.1 4,256.7 4,272.1 Home health care services ....................... 644.6 651.2 656.6 659.9 Legal services ............................................... 1,049.4 1,064.8 1,074.2 1,080.9 Educational services ..................................... 2,641.6 2,503.8 2,727.3 2,769.4 Social services .............................................. 3,138.9 3,177.7 3,211.9 3,226.4 Child day care services ............................ 737.1 730.4 744.9 745.9 Residential care ........................................ 887.4 902.3 907.0 910.7 Museums and botanical and zoological gardens ..................................................... 107.2 109.2 107.4 104.3 Membership organizations ........................... 2,457.4 2,459.4 2,467.9 2,464.3 Engineering and management services ....... 3,610.9 3,642.3 3,653.4 3,663.4 Engineering and architectural services ..... 1,049.3 1,032.9 1,029.3 1,027.2 Management and public relations ............. 1,185.5 1,221.9 1,224.5 1,232.6 Services, nec ................................................ 49.1 47.0 46.0 44.4 40,834 860 1,810 1,266 9,277 1,025 3,126 2,799 2,221 1,259 375 577 1,685 10,502 2,025 1,866 4,153 640 1,049 2,458 3,121 721 888 41,215 862 1,795 1,282 9,325 1,034 3,196 2,875 2,193 1,266 379 584 1,649 10,687 2,067 1,888 4,233 646 1,065 2,529 3,181 726 904 41,347 863 1,788 1,285 9,395 1,041 3,257 2,925 2,191 1,266 377 588 1,662 10,711 2,075 1,893 4,244 646 1,065 2,538 3,203 736 906 41,336 874 1,782 1,287 9,330 1,042 3,188 2,869 2,190 1,266 378 595 1,638 10,729 2,079 1,896 4,247 651 1,072 2,550 3,199 731 906 41,386 873 1,791 1,289 9,320 1,041 3,174 2,860 2,193 1,261 378 591 1,640 10,753 2,085 1,900 4,255 655 1,077 2,566 3,204 731 909 41,436 880 1,790 1,287 9,310 1,047 3,156 2,837 2,194 1,268 378 588 1,635 10,780 2,088 1,906 4,269 655 1,080 2,581 3,211 730 912 109 2,473 3,620 1,051 1,182 (1) 109 2,476 3,634 1,032 1,214 (1) 108 2,472 3,634 1,030 1,211 (1) 108 2,478 3,659 1,029 1,224 (1) 107 2,481 3,665 1,028 1,224 (1) 107 2,479 3,673 1,029 1,229 (1) Government ...................................................... Federal ......................................................... Federal, except Postal Service ................. State ............................................................. Education .................................................. Other State government ........................... Local ............................................................. Education .................................................. Other local government ............................ 21,100 2,616 1,776 4,925 2,121 2,804 13,559 7,710 5,849 21,228 2,607 1,790 4,950 2,155 2,795 13,671 7,788 5,883 21,289 2,611 1,792 4,948 2,145 2,803 13,730 7,837 5,893 21,293 2,621 1,810 4,958 2,163 2,795 13,714 7,808 5,906 21,346 2,645 1,836 4,958 2,163 2,795 13,743 7,829 5,914 21,354 2,648 1,846 4,959 2,163 2,796 13,747 7,826 5,921 21,514 2,608 1,763.9 5,069 2,283.4 2,785.8 13,837 8,079.2 5,757.9 21,102 2,623 1,815.3 4,945 2,138.4 2,806.2 13,534 7,640.1 5,893.5 21,645 2,637 1,830.5 5,086 2,299.1 2,786.9 13,922 8,074.9 5,847.2 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. 21,814 2,644 1,835.5 5,103 2,326.4 2,776.7 14,067 8,205.8 5,861.3 c = corrected. For http://www.bls.gov/ces/. p = preliminary. additional information, see note at ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry Not seasonally adjusted Industry Seasonally adjusted Nov. 2001 Sept. 2002 Oct. 2002p Nov. 2002p Nov. 2001 July 2002 Aug. 2002 Sept. 2002c Oct. 2002p Nov. 2002p Total private c ......................................... 34.0 34.5 34.1 34.0 34.1 34.0 34.1 34.2 34.2 34.2 Goods-producing .................................................. 40.3 40.8 40.3 40.1 40.2 40.0 40.3 40.3 40.1 40.0 Mining ............................................................... 43.4 43.2 43.1 42.9 43.5 42.7 43.3 42.8 42.8 43.1 Construction ..................................................... 39.1 39.5 39.0 38.0 39.3 38.2 38.6 38.8 38.4 38.2 Manufacturing ................................................... Overtime hours ......................................... 40.7 4.0 41.3 4.5 40.9 4.2 41.0 4.2 40.4 3.8 40.7 4.0 40.9 4.2 40.8 4.1 40.7 4.1 40.7 4.1 Durable goods ................................................ Overtime hours ......................................... 40.9 3.8 41.7 4.5 41.3 4.2 41.2 4.2 40.6 3.7 41.0 3.9 41.2 4.1 41.3 4.1 41.2 4.2 41.0 4.1 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 ....................... 40.9 39.0 43.8 43.4 44.3 41.4 40.1 39.5 41.9 42.9 40.8 37.4 41.7 40.8 44.6 44.5 46.4 41.9 40.8 39.2 43.1 45.0 40.8 38.6 41.3 39.7 43.9 44.5 46.0 41.8 40.4 38.5 42.7 44.5 40.7 38.9 40.7 39.6 43.2 44.9 46.7 41.5 40.6 39.2 42.4 44.1 41.0 38.6 40.7 38.8 43.6 43.0 43.9 41.0 39.9 39.0 41.6 42.5 40.6 37.4 41.2 40.1 43.2 44.1 45.5 41.7 40.3 38.7 41.7 42.9 40.4 38.4 41.0 40.3 43.3 44.3 45.8 41.7 40.8 38.7 42.2 43.8 40.7 38.5 41.1 40.2 43.4 44.2 46.0 41.6 40.7 38.8 42.6 44.3 40.8 38.6 41.0 39.7 43.4 44.6 46.3 41.6 40.5 38.3 42.5 44.4 40.7 38.9 40.6 39.6 43.0 44.5 46.3 41.1 40.4 38.7 42.1 43.9 40.7 38.5 Nondurable goods .......................................... Overtime hours ......................................... 40.4 4.2 40.7 4.5 40.3 4.2 40.6 4.3 40.1 3.9 40.2 4.2 40.5 4.2 40.2 4.0 40.1 4.0 40.3 4.1 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 ........................ 41.6 40.2 39.5 37.0 41.8 38.4 42.1 42.0 40.8 36.9 41.8 40.2 41.5 36.7 42.1 38.0 42.7 43.1 41.1 35.7 41.4 40.9 40.8 36.4 41.5 37.7 41.9 42.2 40.9 36.5 41.9 40.4 41.1 37.1 41.9 37.9 42.2 42.1 40.8 37.3 41.0 39.9 39.3 36.9 41.3 37.8 41.9 (2) 40.7 36.6 41.0 42.1 41.6 36.8 41.2 37.3 42.1 (2) 41.0 36.7 41.3 40.3 41.8 36.8 41.7 37.7 42.6 (2) 41.2 35.7 40.8 39.9 41.2 36.9 41.4 37.5 42.4 (2) 40.8 35.6 40.8 40.7 41.0 36.6 41.3 37.5 41.9 (2) 40.9 36.3 41.3 40.3 41.0 37.0 41.4 37.3 42.1 (2) 40.7 37.0 Service-producing c .............................................. 32.5 33.0 32.7 32.7 32.6 32.6 32.7 32.8 32.8 32.9 Transportation and public utilities c .................. 37.9 38.9 38.3 38.4 38.0 38.3 38.4 38.5 38.4 38.5 Wholesale trade ................................................ 38.3 38.9 38.4 38.5 38.2 38.4 38.5 38.5 38.6 38.5 Retail trade ....................................................... 28.5 29.1 28.9 28.9 28.8 28.8 28.9 29.0 29.1 29.3 Finance, insurance, and real estate ................. 35.9 36.7 35.8 35.9 36.0 36.0 36.2 36.1 36.0 36.1 Services ............................................................ 32.5 32.9 32.6 32.6 32.6 32.5 32.6 32.8 32.7 32.7 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. c = corrected. For additional information, see note at http://www.bls.gov/ces/. 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 Industry Average weekly earnings Nov. 2001 Sept. 2002 Oct. 2002p Nov. 2002p Nov. 2001 Sept. 2002 Oct. 2002p Nov. 2002p Total private c ......................................... Seasonally adjusted c ........................... $14.54 14.51 $14.92 14.85 $14.91 14.89 $14.96 14.93 $494.36 494.79 $514.74 507.87 $508.43 509.24 $508.64 510.61 Goods-producing .................................................. 16.16 16.58 16.60 16.60 651.25 676.46 668.98 665.66 Mining ............................................................... 17.61 17.80 17.79 17.89 764.27 768.96 766.75 767.48 Construction ..................................................... 18.54 19.10 19.12 19.09 724.91 754.45 745.68 725.42 Manufacturing ................................................... 15.07 15.40 15.42 15.48 613.35 636.02 630.68 634.68 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 ....................... 15.55 12.40 12.45 15.13 17.24 20.66 14.42 16.16 14.88 19.54 19.96 14.98 12.35 15.89 12.63 12.74 15.69 17.54 20.96 14.80 16.58 15.05 20.04 20.71 15.40 12.44 15.95 12.60 12.67 15.79 17.61 21.02 14.84 16.53 15.07 20.31 21.11 15.45 12.43 16.03 12.59 12.74 15.65 17.69 21.23 14.96 16.58 15.11 20.54 21.45 15.36 12.51 636.00 507.16 485.55 662.69 748.22 915.24 596.99 648.02 587.76 818.73 856.28 611.18 461.89 662.61 526.67 519.79 699.77 780.53 972.54 620.12 676.46 589.96 863.72 931.95 628.32 480.18 658.74 520.38 503.00 693.18 783.65 966.92 620.31 667.81 580.20 867.24 939.40 628.82 483.53 660.44 512.41 504.50 676.08 794.28 991.44 620.84 673.15 592.31 870.90 945.95 629.76 482.89 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 ........................ 14.36 13.10 21.46 11.40 9.49 17.19 14.91 18.83 22.38 13.57 10.20 14.69 13.26 20.61 11.80 9.94 17.66 15.32 19.45 22.46 13.74 10.04 14.66 13.23 20.29 11.74 9.98 17.60 15.32 19.30 22.48 13.77 10.08 14.71 13.24 20.40 11.82 9.96 17.65 15.34 19.51 22.54 13.76 10.24 580.14 544.96 862.69 450.30 351.13 718.54 572.54 792.74 939.96 553.66 376.38 597.88 554.27 828.52 489.70 364.80 743.49 582.16 830.52 968.03 564.71 358.43 590.80 547.72 829.86 478.99 363.27 730.40 577.56 808.67 948.66 563.19 367.92 597.23 554.76 824.16 485.80 369.52 739.54 581.39 823.32 948.93 561.41 381.95 Service-producing c .............................................. 14.06 14.45 14.44 14.50 456.95 476.85 472.19 474.15 Transportation and public utilities c .................. 17.01 17.40 17.38 17.46 644.68 676.86 665.65 670.46 Wholesale trade ................................................ 15.96 16.36 16.25 16.35 611.27 636.40 624.00 629.48 Retail trade ....................................................... 9.91 10.15 10.13 10.13 282.44 295.37 292.76 292.76 Finance, insurance, and real estate ................. 15.97 16.57 16.52 16.70 573.32 608.12 591.42 599.53 Services ............................................................ 14.99 15.36 15.39 15.49 487.18 505.34 501.71 504.97 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary. c = corrected. For http://www.bls.gov/ces/. additional information, see note at ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted Nov. 2001 July 2002 Aug. 2002 Sept. 2002 c Oct. 2002p Nov. 2002p Percent change from: Oct. 2002Nov. 2002 Total private: Current dollars c ............................... Constant (1982) dollars2, c .............. $14.51 8.09 $14.76 8.13 $14.83 8.14 $14.85 8.14 $14.89 8.14 $14.93 N.A. 0.3 (3) Goods-producing ................................ Mining ............................................. Construction ................................... Manufacturing ................................. Excluding overtime4 ................... 16.11 17.68 18.47 15.03 14.36 16.38 17.78 18.87 15.28 14.57 16.44 17.87 18.90 15.34 14.59 16.48 17.82 18.98 15.35 14.62 16.53 17.81 18.98 15.44 14.70 16.55 17.97 19.03 15.44 14.72 .1 .9 .3 .0 .1 Service-producing c ............................ Transportation and public utilities c Wholesale trade .............................. Retail trade ..................................... Finance, insurance, and real estate Services .......................................... 14.05 16.99 15.98 9.90 16.00 14.94 14.31 17.27 16.14 10.05 16.38 15.26 14.37 17.28 16.28 10.09 16.43 15.30 14.40 17.36 16.29 10.10 16.53 15.34 14.43 17.38 16.29 10.11 16.56 15.39 14.48 17.45 16.34 10.12 16.73 15.43 .3 .4 .3 .1 1.0 .3 Industry 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. 2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series. 3 Change was .0 percent from September 2002 to October 2002, 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. c = corrected. For additional information, see note at http://www.bls.gov/ces/. 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 Industry Seasonally adjusted Nov. 2001 Sept. 2002 Oct. 2002p Nov. 2002p Nov. 2001 July 2002 Aug. 2002 Sept. 2002c Oct. 2002p Nov. 2002p Total private c ......................................... 148.7 150.3 148.8 148.4 148.1 147.4 147.9 148.3 148.1 148.1 Goods-producing .................................................. 108.1 107.8 106.0 104.3 106.9 104.1 104.8 104.4 103.7 103.2 55.1 54.2 53.4 52.5 54.7 52.5 53.7 52.7 52.4 52.4 Construction ..................................................... 185.1 188.8 184.7 176.6 182.6 173.8 176.4 177.2 175.2 174.5 Mining ............................................................... Manufacturing ................................................... 94.7 93.7 92.3 91.9 93.8 92.3 92.5 91.9 91.4 91.0 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 ....................... 97.4 134.9 118.4 116.7 79.0 62.1 109.7 85.0 88.3 108.0 142.1 70.2 88.6 95.5 138.8 122.8 119.6 76.2 60.2 109.6 81.5 78.7 107.1 147.0 67.4 91.3 94.1 136.2 118.7 116.9 75.9 60.0 109.1 80.4 76.8 105.6 144.2 66.7 92.4 93.5 132.7 118.1 113.9 76.0 60.2 107.3 80.6 77.5 104.9 143.7 67.2 91.9 96.6 133.6 118.6 115.2 78.1 61.1 108.4 85.1 87.1 106.9 140.1 70.1 87.3 94.5 134.8 123.2 112.3 75.4 58.4 109.9 81.9 80.4 103.7 139.6 67.9 90.4 94.8 134.2 123.5 114.1 75.9 59.6 108.9 82.3 79.1 106.4 145.7 67.3 89.9 94.2 134.1 121.0 113.9 75.1 59.0 108.2 81.7 78.2 105.6 144.5 67.7 90.8 93.6 133.5 119.5 113.9 75.6 59.8 108.3 81.0 76.4 105.3 144.6 67.0 90.8 92.8 131.8 119.2 112.6 75.2 59.0 105.9 80.8 76.4 103.6 142.2 67.0 90.6 Nondurable goods .......................................... 91.1 Food and kindred products ........................... 117.7 Tobacco products ......................................... 52.7 Textile mill products ...................................... 61.9 Apparel and other textile products ................ 44.8 Paper and allied products ............................. 97.0 Printing and publishing ................................. 113.1 Chemicals and allied products ...................... 95.7 Petroleum and coal products ........................ 72.1 Rubber and misc. plastics products .............. 132.7 Leather and leather products ........................ 24.1 91.2 121.9 57.4 61.3 43.4 95.6 107.6 95.7 75.4 134.2 24.1 89.7 119.2 57.9 59.9 42.2 94.1 106.7 94.2 73.6 132.9 24.7 89.7 118.6 57.9 59.9 42.3 94.5 107.3 95.1 72.6 132.0 25.1 90.0 115.2 49.4 61.6 44.6 95.8 110.9 95.2 71.9 132.5 23.6 89.1 114.9 54.2 61.4 43.5 93.4 105.7 94.8 71.6 135.0 23.7 89.4 115.8 57.9 61.3 43.4 94.5 106.2 95.6 69.4 134.4 21.9 88.9 114.9 53.3 60.1 43.1 93.7 106.0 95.3 72.9 132.9 24.1 88.4 114.5 54.4 59.8 42.2 93.4 105.8 94.2 72.2 132.8 24.5 88.5 116.1 53.9 59.6 42.1 93.5 105.0 94.6 71.9 131.8 24.4 Service-producing c .............................................. 166.9 169.4 167.9 168.2 166.5 166.8 167.1 168.0 168.1 168.2 Transportation and public utilities c .................. 134.1 133.9 131.6 131.6 133.4 131.5 131.5 131.4 130.9 130.9 Wholesale trade ................................................ 125.4 127.5 125.9 126.0 124.7 125.9 126.2 126.1 126.3 125.6 Retail trade ....................................................... 147.5 147.3 146.1 148.1 146.2 145.7 146.0 146.6 147.1 147.4 Finance, insurance, and real estate ................. 139.1 143.3 140.8 141.5 140.2 139.9 141.0 141.4 141.9 142.6 Services ............................................................ 210.5 215.6 214.5 213.6 210.6 211.8 212.7 214.2 213.9 213.9 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. c = corrected. For additional information, see note at http://www.bls.gov/ces/. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-6. 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, 347 industries1 Over 1-month span: 1998 .......................... 1999 .......................... 2000 .......................... 2001 .......................... 2002 .......................... 62.4 55.3 55.9 49.4 47.3 57.5 58.6 57.5 45.7 41.4 59.1 53.6 57.9 50.3 49.7 60.2 58.4 51.2 42.4 47.8 57.5 55.5 50.1 47.3 50.9 56.8 57.8 55.8 43.2 49.4 54.6 57.1 57.8 44.5 48.6 59.1 54.8 51.4 42.5 48.8 57.2 57.1 52.4 42.4 c49.3 53.0 57.2 52.4 40.5 p49.9 57.9 60.4 53.2 39.3 p47.7 56.8 58.1 52.7 44.1 Over 3-month span: 1998 .......................... 1999 .......................... 2000 .......................... 2001 .......................... 2002 .......................... 65.3 59.2 60.4 45.5 40.1 66.3 57.6 61.4 46.1 43.2 65.3 59.5 58.4 40.8 42.5 65.9 55.2 53.2 43.4 46.5 62.7 60.2 52.4 37.8 48.0 58.2 57.2 55.5 43.2 50.1 58.9 59.4 56.6 39.3 47.1 59.1 59.2 56.2 38.0 c45.1 59.8 59.7 51.2 35.3 p48.1 57.9 58.9 51.0 33.7 p45.5 57.1 61.2 53.2 36.3 58.8 60.7 51.6 38.9 Over 6-month span: 1998 .......................... 1999 .......................... 2000 .......................... 2001 .......................... 2002 .......................... 70.2 60.2 61.1 44.7 37.0 67.4 58.9 59.4 42.7 41.6 64.7 58.5 58.1 39.5 43.4 61.5 59.7 57.9 40.1 44.4 64.1 57.2 54.2 40.8 46.5 62.1 60.8 52.4 35.6 c46.0 59.1 61.2 52.9 37.0 p46.8 58.8 62.5 54.2 32.4 p44.7 57.5 62.7 52.4 34.3 60.2 61.8 48.7 33.1 59.2 61.2 45.7 34.1 58.4 62.8 46.5 35.6 Over 12-month span: 1998 .......................... 1999 .......................... 2000 .......................... 2001 .......................... 2002 .......................... 69.9 61.2 61.4 41.5 35.2 67.9 60.1 59.9 41.5 36.0 67.6 58.2 58.8 38.9 37.3 65.6 61.0 56.2 37.5 p38.5 64.1 60.7 55.3 37.3 p40.6 62.7 61.5 53.6 36.2 61.7 62.2 53.0 34.1 62.2 61.1 51.0 33.6 60.8 63.8 47.7 34.4 59.4 62.2 45.2 33.9 60.8 59.7 44.5 33.3 58.9 60.5 42.9 34.0 Manufacturing payrolls, 136 industries1 Over 1-month span: 1998 .......................... 1999 .......................... 2000 .......................... 2001 .......................... 2002 .......................... 57.0 47.4 44.9 34.9 35.3 52.6 41.2 52.2 26.8 37.9 52.2 42.6 49.3 38.2 40.4 52.9 46.0 46.0 29.0 47.4 44.9 46.3 49.3 28.3 47.1 47.4 43.4 50.7 30.5 40.4 38.2 50.0 57.4 34.9 48.9 52.9 42.6 36.8 25.7 41.9 44.9 46.0 39.0 31.6 c40.1 38.6 45.6 42.3 31.3 p42.3 42.3 51.5 47.1 25.0 p41.5 41.5 49.3 40.8 30.9 Over 3-month span: 1998 .......................... 1999 .......................... 2000 .......................... 2001 .......................... 2002 .......................... 59.2 39.3 48.2 21.3 24.6 57.0 39.3 48.9 21.3 30.1 54.8 39.7 48.9 18.4 37.1 51.8 40.1 44.5 23.5 38.6 48.2 41.2 46.7 19.9 40.1 38.2 43.8 52.2 23.2 41.2 41.9 44.1 46.0 17.3 38.6 43.0 46.3 38.6 19.1 c34.6 43.0 42.3 29.0 16.2 p34.6 38.2 44.1 34.2 18.0 p32.0 32.7 47.8 39.0 18.4 40.4 45.2 36.0 18.0 Over 6-month span: 1998 .......................... 1999 .......................... 2000 .......................... 2001 .......................... 2002 .......................... 60.7 36.4 47.8 20.2 19.9 54.4 36.0 45.2 16.9 26.8 49.3 37.5 44.5 14.0 29.8 40.1 40.4 50.0 16.2 38.2 45.2 37.5 41.9 16.5 36.4 42.6 42.3 37.9 13.2 c34.2 39.0 43.0 36.0 14.7 p32.4 38.2 44.5 35.3 11.8 p28.3 34.6 48.2 32.4 14.0 41.2 43.0 26.1 13.2 35.7 44.5 21.3 17.6 33.1 47.4 21.7 16.5 Over 12-month span: 1998 .......................... 1999 .......................... 2000 .......................... 2001 .......................... 2002 .......................... 54.8 38.6 49.3 13.6 18.0 52.2 34.6 44.1 13.6 18.0 51.8 32.4 39.3 13.6 20.2 46.7 36.0 36.8 15.4 p19.9 40.4 37.9 35.3 12.1 p24.3 40.1 39.0 34.2 11.0 38.2 40.1 33.8 11.0 37.5 40.4 28.7 11.0 36.4 44.5 22.1 12.9 34.6 44.5 19.1 12.9 35.7 43.4 17.6 14.0 34.2 44.5 14.0 13.6 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. c = corrected. For additional information, see note at http://www.bls.gov/ces/. 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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