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2 Technical information: Household data: Establishment data: Media contact: (202) 691-6378 http://www.bls.gov/cps/ USDL 03-817 691-6555 http://www.bls.gov/ces/ 691-5902 Transmission of material in this release is embargoed until 8:30 A.M. (EST), Friday, December 5, 2003. THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: NOVEMBER 2003 Employment continued to trend up in November and the unemployment rate, at 5.9 percent, was essentially unchanged from October, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Nonfarm payroll employment rose slightly over the month (57,000). Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, December 2000 - November 2003 Percent Chart 2. Nonfarm payroll employment, seasonally adjusted, December 2000 - November 2003 6.5 Millions 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 2001 2002 2003 0.0 122.0 2001 2002 2003 Unemployment (Household Survey Data) Both the unemployment rate, 5.9 percent, and the number of unemployed persons, 8.7 million, were essentially unchanged in November. The jobless rate is down slightly from midyear. Unemployment rates for most of the major worker groups—adult men (5.7 percent), adult women (5.1 percent), teenagers (15.5 percent), whites (5.2 percent), and Hispanics or Latinos (7.4 percent)—were little changed. The rate for blacks (10.2 percent) was down over the month. The unemployment rate for Asians was 5.2 percent, not seasonally adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.) In November, 2.0 million unemployed persons had been looking for work for 27 weeks or longer, about the same level as in October. They represented 23.7 percent of the total unemployed. (See table A-9.) Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) Total employment increased to 138.6 million in November, and the employment-population ratio rose to 62.4 percent. The civilian labor force and labor force participation rate also increased, to 147.3 million and 66.3 percent, respectively. (See table A-1.) 2 Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Quarterly averages 2003 Category II III Sept. Monthly data 2003 Oct. Nov. Oct.Nov. change Labor force status HOUSEHOLD DATA Civilian labor force…………………………………………. 146,685 146,539 146,545 Employment…………………………………………………………. 137,638 137,559 137,573 Unemployment…………………………………………………………. 9,047 8,980 8,973 Not in labor force…………………………………………………………. 74,090 74,974 75,234 146,793 138,014 8,779 75,246 147,277 138,603 8,674 75,002 484 589 -105 -244 5.9 5.7 5.1 15.5 5.2 10.2 7.4 -0.1 .1 -.1 -1.6 .1 -1.3 .2 Nonfarm employment……………………………………………….. 129,984 129,902 129,980 p130,117 p130,174 Goods-producing 1……………………………………………….. 22,093 21,987 21,978 p21,970 p21,963 Construction……………………………………………………. 6,782 6,823 6,841 p6,846 p6,856 Manufacturing……………………………………………….. 14,744 14,599 14,573 p14,559 p14,542 Service-providing 1……………………………………………………… 107,891 107,915 108,002 p108,147 p108,211 Retail trade……………………………………………….. 14,981 14,973 14,987 p15,015 p14,987 Professional and business services……… 15,999 16,075 16,107 p16,133 p16,153 Education and health services………………………… 16,498 16,533 16,570 p16,626 p16,660 Leisure and hospitality……………………………………………….. 12,036 12,053 12,056 p12,081 p12,102 Government……………………………………………….. 21,495 21,461 21,456 p21,481 p21,488 p57 p-7 p10 p-17 p64 p-28 p20 p34 p21 p7 Unemployment rates All workers…………………….……………………………….. 6.2 Adult men…………………...…………………………….. 5.9 Adult women……………………………………………….. 5.1 Teenagers……………………………………………….. 18.6 White ……….……...……………………………………….. 5.4 Black or African American ……………………………… 11.2 Hispanic or Latino ethnicity……………………… 8.0 6.1 5.8 5.2 17.5 5.4 11.1 7.8 6.1 5.7 5.3 17.5 5.3 11.2 7.5 6.0 5.6 5.2 17.1 5.1 11.5 7.2 Employment ESTABLISHMENT DATA Hours of work 2 Total private……...…………………………………………….. 33.7 33.7 33.7 p33.8 p33.9 Manufacturing…………….…………………………………….. 40.2 40.3 40.5 p40.6 p40.8 Overtime……………………………………………….. 4.0 4.1 4.2 p4.3 p4.4 Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100) 2 p0.1 p.2 p.1 Total private…...….……….….....……………....……..… 98.7 98.6 98.7 p99.1 p99.3 p0.2 p$15.45 p522.21 p$15.46 p524.09 p$0.01 p1.88 Earnings Average hourly earnings, total private…………… $15.34 Average weekly earnings, total private………… 517.07 1 $15.44 519.82 Includes other industries, not shown separately. Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers. p=preliminary. 2 $15.44 520.33 2 3 Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) In November, 1.5 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force, little changed from a year earlier. (Data are not seasonally adjusted.) These individuals wanted and were available to work and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed, however, because they did not actively search for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. There were 457,000 discouraged workers in November, slightly higher than a year earlier. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, were not currently looking for work specifically because they believed no jobs were available for them. The other 1 million marginally attached had not searched for work for reasons such as school or family responsibilities. (See table A-13.) Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data) Total nonfarm payroll employment edged up by 57,000 in November to 130.2 million, seasonally adjusted. Payroll employment has increased by 328,000 since July. In recent months, job losses have lessened in manufacturing, and employment has trended up in construction and several services industries. (See table B-1.) Factory job losses have averaged 17,000 since August, compared with an average decline of 53,000 for the 12 months ending in August. Employment in durable goods manufacturing was unchanged in November, while small job losses continued in nondurable goods. Employment in construction continued to trend up in November; the industry has added 156,000 jobs since February. Retail trade employment declined by 28,000 in November. The loss was concentrated in food stores (-23,000), reflecting the impact of strike-related activities in the industry. (In the payroll survey, workers on strike for the entire reference period are not counted as employed because they are not being paid by their employers.) Professional and business services employment was little changed in November. Employment in this industry has increased by 181,000 since December 2002, with temporary help services accounting for about three-fourths of the growth. Employment in health care and social assistance rose by 25,000 over the month. In November, both ambulatory health care services (+11,000) and hospitals (+8,000) added jobs. Within the leisure and hospitality sector, accommodations added 13,000 jobs in November, following jobs losses totaling 27,000 in the prior 3 months. Air transportation employment increased by 3,000 in November; however, this industry has shed 133,000 jobs since its peak in March 2001. The number of jobs in credit intermediation decreased for the second consecutive month, reflecting the reduced volume of mortgage refinancing. From July 2000 through September 2003, the industry had added 251,000 jobs. Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data) The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.1 hour in November to 33.9 hours, seasonally adjusted. The manufacturing workweek rose by 0.2 hour to 40.8 hours, and manufacturing overtime edged up by 0.1 hour to 4.4 hours. Since July, the factory workweek has increased by 0.7 hour and factory overtime has risen by 0.3 hour. (See table B-2.) 4 The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 0.2 percent to 99.3 in November (2002=100). The manufacturing index increased by 0.3 percent over the month to 95.0. (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 1 cent over the month to $15.46, seasonally adjusted. Average weekly earnings rose by 0.4 percent in November to $524.09. Over the year, average hourly earnings increased by 2.1 percent, and average weekly earnings rose by 2.4 percent. (See table B-3.) _____________________________ Change in Seasonal Adjustment Procedures for the Household Survey Effective with the release of December 2003 estimates in January 2004, BLS will convert to the use of concurrent seasonal adjustment to produce seasonally adjusted labor force estimates from the Current Population Survey (CPS). Concurrent seasonal adjustment uses all available monthly estimates, including those for the current month, in developing seasonal factors. Currently, seasonal factors for the CPS data are projected twice a year. With the introduction of concurrent seasonal adjustment, BLS will no longer publish seasonal factors for CPS data. BLS introduced the use of concurrent seasonal adjustment for the nonfarm payroll data from the Current Employment Statistics program in June 2003 with the release of data for May 2003. Following usual practice, the release of December data in January also will incorporate annual revisions in seasonally adjusted unemployment and other labor force series from the household survey. Seasonally adjusted data for the most recent 5 years are subject to revision. Benchmark Revisions to the Payroll Survey BLS will publish nonfarm payroll data revised to the March 2003 benchmark on February 6, 2004, with the release of data for January 2004. Previously, the revised data were published in June of each year; earlier receipt and tabulation of the benchmark source data now make it feasible to accelerate the publication date to February. The Employment Situation for December 2003 is scheduled to be released on Friday, January 9, 2004, at 8:30 A.M. (EST). Release dates for the balance of 2004 are as follows: Feb. 6 March 5 April 2 May 7 June 4 July 2 Aug. 6 Sept. 3 Oct. 8 Nov. 5 Dec. 3 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. The sample includes about 160,000 businesses and government agencies covering approximately 400,000 individual worksites. The active sample includes about one-third of all nonfarm payroll workers. The sample is drawn from a sampling frame of unemployment insurance tax accounts. 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-providing sector. Industries are classified on the basis of their principal activity in accordance with the 2002 version of the North American Industry Classification System. 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 nation’s labor force and the levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production, harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools. The effect of such seasonal variation can be very large; seasonal fluctuations may account for as much as 95 percent of the monthto-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 ad- justed series for many major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most supersectors, 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 for the household survey are recalculated twice a year; the factors are calculated for the January-June period and again for the July-December period. For the establishment survey, a concurrent seasonal adjustment methodology is used in which new seasonal factors are calculated each month for the three most recent monthly estimates, using all relevant data, up to and including the data for the current month. 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, an estimation procedure with two components is used to account for business births. The first component uses business deaths to impute employment for business births. This is incorporated into the sample-based link relative estimate procedure by simply not reflecting sample units going out of business, but imputing to them the same trend as the other firms in the sample. The second component is an ARIMA time series model designed to estimate the residual net birth/ death employment not accounted for by the imputation. The historical time series used to create and test the ARIMA model was derived from the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and reflects the actual residual net of births and deaths over the past five years. The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program. The difference between the March 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 and establishment 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.” For the establishment survey data, the sampling error measures and the actual size of revisions due to benchmark adjustments appear in tables 2-B through 2-F of Employment and Earnings. 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 adjusted 1 Not seasonally adjusted Employment status, sex, and age Nov. 2002 Oct. 2003 Nov. 2003 Nov. 2002 July 2003 Aug. 2003 Sept. 2003 Oct. 2003 Nov. 2003 218,548 144,854 66.3 136,684 62.5 8,170 5.6 73,695 4,407 222,039 146,787 66.1 138,619 62.4 8,169 5.6 75,252 4,561 222,279 146,969 66.1 138,700 62.4 8,269 5.6 75,310 4,201 218,548 145,180 66.4 136,542 62.5 8,637 5.9 73,369 4,727 221,252 146,540 66.2 137,478 62.1 9,062 6.2 74,712 4,921 221,507 146,530 66.2 137,625 62.1 8,905 6.1 74,977 4,840 221,779 146,545 66.1 137,573 62.0 8,973 6.1 75,234 4,837 222,039 146,793 66.1 138,014 62.2 8,779 6.0 75,246 4,941 222,279 147,277 66.3 138,603 62.4 8,674 5.9 75,002 4,502 105,094 77,264 73.5 72,718 69.2 4,546 5.9 27,830 106,879 78,392 73.3 73,979 69.2 4,413 5.6 28,487 107,003 78,579 73.4 73,896 69.1 4,683 6.0 28,424 105,094 77,618 73.9 72,773 69.2 4,845 6.2 27,476 106,475 78,182 73.4 73,043 68.6 5,139 6.6 28,293 106,604 78,160 73.3 73,195 68.7 4,965 6.4 28,443 106,744 78,485 73.5 73,475 68.8 5,010 6.4 28,259 106,879 78,431 73.4 73,569 68.8 4,863 6.2 28,447 107,003 78,864 73.7 73,933 69.1 4,931 6.3 28,139 97,022 73,611 75.9 69,725 71.9 3,885 5.3 23,411 98,696 74,955 75.9 71,141 72.1 3,815 5.1 23,741 98,814 75,125 76.0 71,067 71.9 4,058 5.4 23,689 97,022 73,770 76.0 69,617 71.8 4,153 5.6 23,252 98,304 74,581 75.9 70,193 71.4 4,388 5.9 23,724 98,434 74,561 75.7 70,203 71.3 4,357 5.8 23,873 98,568 74,905 76.0 70,610 71.6 4,295 5.7 23,662 98,696 74,860 75.8 70,665 71.6 4,195 5.6 23,837 98,814 75,252 76.2 70,978 71.8 4,274 5.7 23,562 113,455 67,590 59.6 63,966 56.4 3,624 5.4 45,865 115,160 68,396 59.4 64,640 56.1 3,756 5.5 46,765 115,276 68,390 59.3 64,804 56.2 3,586 5.2 46,886 113,455 67,562 59.5 63,769 56.2 3,792 5.6 45,893 114,778 68,359 59.6 64,435 56.1 3,923 5.7 46,419 114,903 68,370 59.5 64,430 56.1 3,940 5.8 46,533 115,035 68,060 59.2 64,098 55.7 3,962 5.8 46,975 115,160 68,362 59.4 64,446 56.0 3,916 5.7 46,798 115,276 68,413 59.3 64,670 56.1 3,743 5.5 46,863 105,594 64,043 60.7 60,986 57.8 3,058 4.8 41,550 107,197 65,022 60.7 61,777 57.6 3,245 5.0 42,176 107,303 64,997 60.6 61,853 57.6 3,144 4.8 42,306 105,594 63,921 60.5 60,697 57.5 3,224 5.0 41,673 106,839 64,819 60.7 61,462 57.5 3,357 5.2 42,020 106,957 64,831 60.6 61,470 57.5 3,361 5.2 42,126 107,080 64,554 60.3 61,120 57.1 3,434 5.3 42,526 107,197 64,904 60.5 61,519 57.4 3,384 5.2 42,294 107,303 64,920 60.5 61,621 57.4 3,298 5.1 42,384 15,933 7,200 45.2 5,973 37.5 1,227 17.0 8,733 16,145 6,810 42.2 5,701 35.3 1,109 16.3 9,335 16,162 6,847 42.4 5,780 35.8 1,066 15.6 9,315 15,933 7,489 47.0 6,228 39.1 1,261 16.8 8,444 16,109 7,140 44.3 5,823 36.1 1,317 18.4 8,969 16,116 7,139 44.3 5,952 36.9 1,187 16.6 8,977 16,131 7,086 43.9 5,842 36.2 1,243 17.5 9,046 16,145 7,030 43.5 5,830 36.1 1,200 17.1 9,115 16,162 7,106 44.0 6,003 37.1 1,102 15.5 9,056 TOTAL Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ............................................................... Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio ............................................ Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate .......................................................... Not in labor force .................................................................... Persons who currently want a job ......................................... Men, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ............................................................... Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio ............................................ Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate .......................................................... Not in labor force .................................................................... Men, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ............................................................... Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio ............................................ Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate .......................................................... Not in labor force .................................................................... Women, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ............................................................... Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio ............................................ Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate .......................................................... Not in labor force .................................................................... Women, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ............................................................... Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio ............................................ Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate .......................................................... Not in labor force .................................................................... Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ............................................................... Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio ............................................ Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate .......................................................... Not in labor force .................................................................... 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. NOTE: Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age (Numbers in thousands) Seasonally adjusted 1 Not seasonally adjusted Employment status, race, sex, and age Nov. 2002 Oct. 2003 Nov. 2003 Nov. 2002 July 2003 Aug. 2003 Sept. 2003 Oct. 2003 Nov. 2003 180,450 120,001 66.5 114,165 63.3 5,836 4.9 60,448 181,871 120,668 66.3 114,996 63.2 5,672 4.7 61,203 182,032 120,865 66.4 114,935 63.1 5,930 4.9 61,167 180,450 120,345 66.7 114,128 63.2 6,218 5.2 60,104 181,341 120,623 66.5 114,044 62.9 6,580 5.5 60,717 181,512 120,669 66.5 114,141 62.9 6,528 5.4 60,843 181,696 120,307 66.2 113,934 62.7 6,373 5.3 61,389 181,871 120,722 66.4 114,567 63.0 6,155 5.1 61,149 182,032 121,162 66.6 114,882 63.1 6,280 5.2 60,870 62,068 76.4 59,191 72.8 2,877 4.6 62,714 76.3 59,995 73.0 2,719 4.3 62,873 76.5 59,885 72.8 2,988 4.8 62,229 76.6 59,127 72.7 3,102 5.0 62,526 76.4 59,167 72.3 3,359 5.4 62,532 76.3 59,190 72.2 3,342 5.3 62,496 76.2 59,407 72.4 3,088 4.9 62,695 76.3 59,664 72.6 3,031 4.8 63,017 76.6 59,846 72.8 3,171 5.0 51,851 59.9 49,793 57.5 2,058 4.0 52,288 60.0 50,095 57.5 2,193 4.2 52,260 59.9 50,132 57.5 2,128 4.1 51,785 59.8 49,586 57.3 2,199 4.2 52,146 60.0 49,867 57.4 2,279 4.4 52,138 59.9 49,853 57.3 2,285 4.4 51,909 59.6 49,521 56.9 2,388 4.6 52,175 59.9 49,879 57.2 2,296 4.4 52,205 59.8 49,933 57.2 2,272 4.4 6,082 48.3 5,181 41.1 901 14.8 5,667 45.1 4,906 39.1 761 13.4 5,732 45.6 4,917 39.1 815 14.2 6,332 50.3 5,415 43.0 917 14.5 5,952 47.5 5,010 40.0 942 15.8 5,998 47.8 5,098 40.7 901 15.0 5,902 47.0 5,006 39.9 896 15.2 5,852 46.6 5,024 40.0 828 14.2 5,940 47.3 5,103 40.6 837 14.1 25,751 16,587 64.4 14,837 57.6 1,750 10.5 9,164 25,825 16,592 64.2 14,777 57.2 1,814 10.9 9,233 25,860 16,602 64.2 14,931 57.7 1,671 10.1 9,259 25,751 16,540 64.2 14,754 57.3 1,786 10.8 9,211 25,702 16,540 64.4 14,697 57.2 1,842 11.1 9,162 25,742 16,579 64.4 14,769 57.4 1,810 10.9 9,163 25,784 16,724 64.9 14,853 57.6 1,871 11.2 9,060 25,825 16,572 64.2 14,658 56.8 1,913 11.5 9,254 25,860 16,514 63.9 14,823 57.3 1,691 10.2 9,347 7,276 70.8 6,528 63.5 748 10.3 7,391 71.5 6,658 64.4 733 9.9 7,455 72.0 6,723 64.9 731 9.8 7,250 70.5 6,480 63.0 770 10.6 7,336 71.3 6,590 64.1 746 10.2 7,344 71.3 6,578 63.9 766 10.4 7,454 72.2 6,620 64.1 834 11.2 7,359 71.2 6,583 63.7 776 10.5 7,416 71.6 6,672 64.4 744 10.0 8,474 64.9 7,723 59.2 751 8.9 8,450 64.6 7,630 58.3 820 9.7 8,450 64.5 7,701 58.8 749 8.9 8,442 64.7 7,685 58.9 757 9.0 8,432 64.7 7,614 58.4 819 9.7 8,510 65.2 7,684 58.9 826 9.7 8,445 64.6 7,678 58.7 767 9.1 8,428 64.4 7,583 57.9 845 10.0 8,397 64.1 7,648 58.4 749 8.9 838 34.5 587 24.2 251 30.0 750 31.3 489 20.4 261 34.8 697 29.1 507 21.1 190 27.2 849 35.0 590 24.3 259 30.5 771 32.3 493 20.7 278 36.0 725 30.4 507 21.2 218 30.0 826 34.5 555 23.2 271 32.8 785 32.8 493 20.6 292 37.2 700 29.2 503 21.0 197 28.2 10,004 6,709 67.1 6,331 63.3 377 5.6 3,295 9,336 6,154 65.9 5,777 61.9 377 6.1 3,183 9,354 6,109 65.3 5,789 61.9 320 5.2 3,245 WHITE 2 Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Not in labor force .................................................................... Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 2 Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Not in labor force .................................................................... Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ ASIAN 2 Civilian noninstutional population ............................................. Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Not in labor force .................................................................... 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. 2 Beginning in 2003, persons who selected this race group only; persons who selected more than one race group are not included. Prior to 2003, persons who reported more than one race were included in the group they identified as the main race. (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) 3 Data not available. NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1 because data are not presented for all races. Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-3. Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age (Numbers in thousands) Seasonally adjusted 1 Not seasonally adjusted Employment status, sex, and age Nov. 2002 Oct. 2003 Nov. 2003 Nov. 2002 July 2003 Aug. 2003 Sept. 2003 Oct. 2003 Nov. 2003 26,355 18,118 68.7 16,741 63.5 1,377 7.6 8,237 27,913 18,948 67.9 17,610 63.1 1,337 7.1 8,966 28,016 19,057 68.0 17,666 63.1 1,391 7.3 8,959 26,355 18,169 68.9 16,755 63.6 1,414 7.8 8,186 27,597 18,750 67.9 17,206 62.3 1,544 8.2 8,847 27,701 18,829 68.0 17,370 62.7 1,460 7.8 8,872 27,808 18,859 67.8 17,448 62.7 1,411 7.5 8,949 27,913 18,915 67.8 17,546 62.9 1,369 7.2 8,998 28,016 19,168 68.4 17,746 63.3 1,422 7.4 8,847 10,157 83.7 9,479 78.1 678 6.7 10,867 83.7 10,239 78.9 628 5.8 10,920 83.8 10,225 78.5 695 6.4 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) 6,896 58.9 6,421 54.8 475 6.9 7,170 58.0 6,622 53.5 548 7.6 7,163 57.7 6,643 53.5 521 7.3 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) 1,065 42.4 841 33.5 224 21.0 911 35.6 750 29.3 161 17.7 973 37.9 798 31.1 175 18.0 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Not in labor force .................................................................... Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. 2 Data not available. NOTE: Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. Table A-4. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Educational attainment Seasonally adjusted Nov. 2002 Oct. 2003 Nov. 2003 Nov. 2002 July 2003 Aug. 2003 Sept. 2003 Oct. 2003 Nov. 2003 12,425 44.5 11,309 40.5 1,116 9.0 12,551 45.2 11,516 41.5 1,036 8.3 12,679 45.3 11,586 41.4 1,093 8.6 12,541 44.9 11,417 40.9 1,124 9.0 12,537 45.5 11,446 41.5 1,091 8.7 12,639 45.5 11,453 41.3 1,185 9.4 12,576 44.8 11,488 40.9 1,088 8.6 12,692 45.7 11,562 41.7 1,130 8.9 12,824 45.8 11,733 41.9 1,090 8.5 38,138 63.8 36,227 60.6 1,911 5.0 37,947 63.7 36,072 60.5 1,875 4.9 38,514 64.0 36,543 60.8 1,971 5.1 37,967 63.5 35,963 60.2 2,004 5.3 37,847 64.0 35,786 60.5 2,061 5.4 37,914 63.8 35,883 60.4 2,031 5.4 38,068 63.7 36,038 60.3 2,031 5.3 37,852 63.5 35,756 60.0 2,096 5.5 38,344 63.8 36,277 60.3 2,068 5.4 34,073 73.1 32,552 69.8 1,521 4.5 33,993 72.7 32,461 69.4 1,533 4.5 33,690 72.3 32,168 69.0 1,522 4.5 33,890 72.7 32,260 69.2 1,630 4.8 34,310 72.2 32,594 68.6 1,717 5.0 33,856 72.4 32,271 69.0 1,585 4.7 33,938 72.7 32,304 69.2 1,634 4.8 33,640 71.9 32,013 68.5 1,627 4.8 33,573 72.1 31,950 68.6 1,622 4.8 38,251 78.5 37,199 76.3 1,053 2.8 40,634 78.2 39,431 75.9 1,203 3.0 40,402 78.5 39,240 76.2 1,162 2.9 38,476 79.0 37,344 76.6 1,132 2.9 39,614 77.5 38,387 75.1 1,226 3.1 40,012 77.5 38,752 75.1 1,260 3.1 39,813 77.6 38,537 75.1 1,276 3.2 40,611 78.2 39,374 75.8 1,237 3.0 40,677 79.0 39,426 76.6 1,251 3.1 Less than a high school diploma Civilian labor force .................................................................... Participation rate ................................................................... Employed ................................................................................ Employment-population ratio ................................................ Unemployed ........................................................................... Unemployment rate .............................................................. High school graduates, no college 1 Civilian labor force .................................................................... Participation rate ................................................................... Employed ................................................................................ Employment-population ratio ................................................ Unemployed ........................................................................... Unemployment rate .............................................................. Some college or associate degree Civilian labor force .................................................................... Participation rate ................................................................... Employed ................................................................................ Employment-population ratio ................................................ Unemployed ........................................................................... Unemployment rate .............................................................. Bachelor’s degree and higher 2 Civilian labor force .................................................................... Participation rate ................................................................... Employed ................................................................................ Employment-population ratio ................................................ Unemployed ........................................................................... Unemployment rate .............................................................. 1 2 Includes high school diploma or equivalent. Includes persons with bachelor’s, master’s, professional, and doctoral degrees. NOTE: Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-5. Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Category Nov. 2002 Oct. 2003 Nov. 2003 Nov. 2002 July 2003 Aug. 2003 Sept. 2003 Oct. 2003 Nov. 2003 CLASS OF WORKER Agriculture and related industries ............................................. Wage and salary workers ....................................................... Self-employed workers ........................................................... Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 2,180 1,134 1,013 33 2,559 1,546 996 17 2,299 1,347 937 15 2,314 1,219 1,060 (1) 2,193 1,216 946 (1) 2,348 1,384 937 (1) 2,362 1,445 878 (1) 2,471 1,496 940 (1) 2,430 1,453 967 (1) Nonagricultural industries ......................................................... Wage and salary workers ....................................................... Government .......................................................................... Private industries .................................................................. Private households ............................................................. Other industries .................................................................. Self-employed workers ........................................................... Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 134,503 125,070 19,764 105,306 800 104,506 9,328 105 136,060 126,371 19,862 106,510 756 105,753 9,574 115 136,401 126,654 19,702 106,952 775 106,177 9,665 82 134,206 124,786 19,647 105,148 (1) 104,365 9,276 (1) 135,204 125,727 19,631 106,135 (1) 105,240 9,306 (1) 135,215 125,661 19,651 105,940 (1) 105,060 9,538 (1) 135,329 125,754 19,739 105,967 (1) 105,212 9,394 (1) 135,706 126,147 19,853 106,324 (1) 105,613 9,464 (1) 136,251 126,494 19,578 106,951 (1) 106,199 9,582 (1) All industries: Part time for economic reasons .............................................. Slack work or business conditions ........................................ Could only find part-time work .............................................. Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 4,160 2,771 1,129 19,802 4,394 2,793 1,318 19,604 4,682 3,132 1,330 20,271 4,329 2,855 1,159 18,727 4,649 3,112 1,304 19,027 4,449 3,017 1,188 19,564 4,975 3,203 1,365 18,993 4,836 2,989 1,396 18,879 4,933 3,252 1,382 19,219 Nonagricultural industries: Part time for economic reasons .............................................. Slack work or business conditions ........................................ Could only find part-time work .............................................. Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 4,080 2,710 1,123 19,452 4,297 2,727 1,311 19,265 4,575 3,037 1,328 19,911 4,272 2,816 1,158 18,361 4,566 3,079 1,276 18,610 4,360 2,963 1,179 19,142 4,847 3,145 1,367 18,619 4,717 2,925 1,374 18,608 4,829 3,175 1,383 18,880 PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME 2 1 2 Data not available. 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. NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Industries reflect the introduction of the 2002 Census industry classification system derived from the 2002 North American Industry Classification System into the Current Population Survey. Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-6. Selected employment indicators (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Characteristic Nov. 2002 Oct. 2003 Nov. 2003 Nov. 2002 July 2003 Aug. 2003 Sept. 2003 Oct. 2003 Nov. 2003 Total, 16 years and over ........................................................... 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 20 years and over ................................................................... 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 25 years and over ................................................................. 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 55 years and over ............................................................... 136,684 5,973 2,172 3,801 130,711 13,424 117,287 96,727 30,170 35,023 31,534 20,560 138,619 5,701 2,188 3,513 132,918 13,438 119,479 97,703 30,518 34,943 32,243 21,777 138,700 5,780 2,294 3,486 132,920 13,382 119,538 97,740 30,571 34,970 32,199 21,798 136,542 6,228 2,256 3,960 130,314 13,387 116,856 96,356 29,961 34,973 31,422 20,499 137,478 5,823 2,289 3,538 131,655 13,379 118,288 97,213 30,437 34,742 32,034 21,074 137,625 5,952 2,362 3,562 131,673 13,393 118,434 97,185 30,311 34,843 32,031 21,249 137,573 5,842 2,254 3,594 131,730 13,395 118,319 97,078 30,261 34,923 31,894 21,241 138,014 5,830 2,206 3,626 132,184 13,444 118,790 97,209 30,282 34,819 32,107 21,581 138,603 6,003 2,396 3,603 132,600 13,352 119,210 97,455 30,421 34,945 32,089 21,755 Men, 16 years and over ............................................................ 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 20 years and over ................................................................... 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 25 years and over ................................................................. 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 55 years and over ............................................................... 72,718 2,992 1,031 1,961 69,725 7,013 62,712 51,715 16,489 18,770 16,455 10,997 73,979 2,839 1,072 1,766 71,141 7,061 64,080 52,443 16,780 18,915 16,747 11,637 73,896 2,829 1,111 1,718 71,067 7,040 64,027 52,392 16,839 18,861 16,693 11,634 72,773 3,156 1,113 2,040 69,617 7,014 62,562 51,569 16,384 18,748 16,437 10,993 73,043 2,850 1,089 1,757 70,193 6,962 63,253 51,994 16,711 18,724 16,559 11,259 73,195 2,992 1,162 1,812 70,203 6,947 63,328 51,977 16,587 18,757 16,632 11,351 73,475 2,864 1,069 1,801 70,610 7,029 63,520 52,160 16,646 18,934 16,581 11,360 73,569 2,904 1,097 1,801 70,665 7,040 63,673 52,154 16,645 18,835 16,674 11,520 73,933 2,955 1,201 1,761 70,978 7,060 63,941 52,304 16,770 18,855 16,679 11,637 Women, 16 years and over ...................................................... 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 20 years and over ................................................................... 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 25 years and over ................................................................. 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 55 years and over ............................................................... 63,966 2,980 1,141 1,839 60,986 6,411 54,575 45,012 13,681 16,253 15,079 9,563 64,640 2,863 1,116 1,747 61,777 6,377 55,400 45,260 13,737 16,027 15,495 10,139 64,804 2,951 1,183 1,768 61,853 6,342 55,511 45,347 13,732 16,109 15,506 10,164 63,769 3,072 1,143 1,921 60,697 6,373 54,293 44,787 13,577 16,225 14,985 9,506 64,435 2,973 1,200 1,781 61,462 6,416 55,035 45,220 13,726 16,019 15,475 9,816 64,430 2,960 1,199 1,750 61,470 6,445 55,106 45,208 13,724 16,086 15,399 9,898 64,098 2,978 1,185 1,793 61,120 6,366 54,799 44,918 13,615 15,990 15,313 9,881 64,446 2,926 1,109 1,825 61,519 6,403 55,116 45,055 13,637 15,984 15,434 10,061 64,670 3,048 1,195 1,842 61,621 6,292 55,269 45,152 13,651 16,090 15,410 10,118 Married men, spouse present ................................................... Married women, spouse present .............................................. Women who maintain families .................................................. 44,215 34,403 8,551 45,006 35,345 8,484 45,193 35,233 8,595 44,093 34,264 (1) 44,739 34,612 (1) 44,620 34,655 (1) 44,522 34,562 (1) 44,674 35,096 (1) 45,151 35,144 (1) Full-time workers 2 ................................................................... Part-time workers 3 ................................................................... 112,365 24,319 113,828 24,791 113,522 25,178 112,828 23,765 113,316 24,458 112,954 24,981 113,206 24,419 113,662 24,451 114,019 24,654 1 2 Data not available. Employed full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week. 3 Employed part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per week. NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-7. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted Characteristic Number of unemployed persons (in thousands) Unemployment rates 1 Nov. 2002 Oct. 2003 Nov. 2003 Nov. 2002 July 2003 Aug. 2003 Sept. 2003 Oct. 2003 Nov. 2003 Total, 16 years and over ........................................................... 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 20 years and over ................................................................... 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 25 years and over ................................................................. 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 55 years and over ............................................................... 8,637 1,261 542 715 7,377 1,455 5,884 5,141 1,967 1,818 1,356 778 8,779 1,200 582 637 7,579 1,491 6,120 5,272 2,048 1,851 1,374 833 8,674 1,102 488 616 7,572 1,569 6,010 5,157 2,005 1,786 1,366 883 5.9 16.8 19.4 15.3 5.4 9.8 4.8 5.1 6.2 4.9 4.1 3.7 6.2 18.4 20.8 17.0 5.6 10.3 5.0 5.1 6.1 5.2 4.0 4.3 6.1 16.6 18.7 15.9 5.5 10.3 5.0 5.1 6.3 5.0 4.1 4.1 6.1 17.5 19.4 16.1 5.5 10.9 4.9 5.1 6.3 4.8 4.2 3.9 6.0 17.1 20.9 14.9 5.4 10.0 4.9 5.1 6.3 5.0 4.1 3.7 5.9 15.5 16.9 14.6 5.4 10.5 4.8 5.0 6.2 4.9 4.1 3.9 Men, 16 years and over ............................................................ 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 20 years and over ................................................................... 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 25 years and over ................................................................. 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 55 years and over ............................................................... 4,845 692 300 392 4,153 797 3,329 2,875 1,110 1,010 755 454 4,863 668 279 389 4,195 839 3,385 2,918 1,168 957 792 467 4,931 657 262 394 4,274 894 3,395 2,896 1,134 971 791 498 6.2 18.0 21.2 16.1 5.6 10.2 5.1 5.3 6.3 5.1 4.4 4.0 6.6 20.9 22.8 19.5 5.9 11.7 5.2 5.3 6.4 5.2 4.4 4.6 6.4 16.9 20.7 15.3 5.8 10.8 5.3 5.5 6.9 5.2 4.4 4.4 6.4 20.0 22.6 18.3 5.7 11.9 5.0 5.2 6.6 4.9 4.3 4.2 6.2 18.7 20.3 17.8 5.6 10.7 5.0 5.3 6.6 4.8 4.5 3.9 6.3 18.2 17.9 18.3 5.7 11.2 5.0 5.2 6.3 4.9 4.5 4.1 Women, 16 years and over ...................................................... 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 20 years and over ................................................................... 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 25 years and over ................................................................. 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 55 years and over 2 ............................................................ 3,792 569 242 323 3,224 658 2,555 2,265 857 808 600 317 3,916 532 303 248 3,384 651 2,734 2,354 880 893 581 354 3,743 445 226 222 3,298 676 2,615 2,261 871 815 575 373 5.6 15.6 17.4 14.4 5.0 9.4 4.5 4.8 5.9 4.7 3.9 3.2 5.7 16.0 18.9 14.5 5.2 8.9 4.7 4.9 5.8 5.2 3.7 4.2 5.8 16.4 16.7 16.6 5.2 9.8 4.6 4.7 5.6 4.8 3.8 4.5 5.8 15.1 16.3 13.7 5.3 9.7 4.8 5.0 6.0 4.8 4.2 3.8 5.7 15.4 21.5 12.0 5.2 9.2 4.7 5.0 6.1 5.3 3.6 3.4 5.5 12.7 15.9 10.8 5.1 9.7 4.5 4.8 6.0 4.8 3.6 3.5 Married men, spouse present ................................................... Married women, spouse present .............................................. Women who maintain families 2 ............................................... 1,667 1,343 744 1,760 1,366 781 1,757 1,377 775 3.6 3.8 8.0 3.9 3.9 9.0 3.8 3.8 8.4 3.7 4.0 8.5 3.8 3.7 8.4 3.7 3.8 8.3 Full-time workers 3 ................................................................... Part-time workers 4 ................................................................... 7,317 1,281 7,367 1,413 7,393 1,304 6.1 5.1 6.3 5.5 6.2 5.3 6.2 5.8 6.1 5.5 6.1 5.0 1 2 3 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force. Not seasonally adjusted. Full-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work full time (35 hours or more per week) or are on layoff from full-time jobs. 4 Part-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work part time (less than 35 hours per week) or are on layoff from part-time jobs. NOTE: Detail shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-8. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Reason Nov. 2002 Oct. 2003 Nov. 2003 Nov. 2002 July 2003 Aug. 2003 Sept. 2003 Oct. 2003 Nov. 2003 4,555 933 3,622 2,841 781 782 2,284 549 4,319 739 3,580 2,793 787 832 2,443 575 4,505 903 3,601 2,773 828 885 2,324 556 4,833 1,069 3,764 (1) (1) 834 2,394 586 4,951 1,198 3,753 (1) (1) 792 2,529 670 4,942 1,080 3,862 (1) (1) 782 2,540 628 5,014 1,108 3,905 (1) (1) 847 2,408 700 4,936 1,097 3,838 (1) (1) 783 2,544 655 4,701 1,040 3,661 (1) (1) 939 2,433 601 100.0 55.7 11.4 44.3 9.6 28.0 6.7 100.0 52.9 9.0 43.8 10.2 29.9 7.0 100.0 54.5 10.9 43.6 10.7 28.1 6.7 100.0 55.9 12.4 43.5 9.6 27.7 6.8 100.0 55.4 13.4 42.0 8.9 28.3 7.5 100.0 55.6 12.1 43.4 8.8 28.6 7.1 100.0 55.9 12.4 43.5 9.4 26.9 7.8 100.0 55.3 12.3 43.0 8.8 28.5 7.3 100.0 54.2 12.0 42.2 10.8 28.1 6.9 3.1 .5 1.6 .4 2.9 .6 1.7 .4 3.1 .6 1.6 .4 3.3 .6 1.6 .4 3.4 .5 1.7 .5 3.4 .5 1.7 .4 3.4 .6 1.6 .5 3.4 .5 1.7 .4 3.2 .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 Data not available. NOTE: Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. Table A-9. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Duration Nov. 2002 Oct. 2003 Nov. 2003 Nov. 2002 July 2003 Aug. 2003 Sept. 2003 Oct. 2003 Nov. 2003 Less than 5 weeks .................................................................... 5 to 14 weeks ........................................................................... 15 weeks and over ................................................................... 15 to 26 weeks ...................................................................... 27 weeks and over ................................................................ 2,784 2,491 2,895 1,223 1,672 2,579 2,346 3,243 1,354 1,890 2,500 2,514 3,255 1,316 1,939 2,912 2,532 3,143 1,317 1,826 2,730 2,699 3,592 1,633 1,959 2,727 2,595 3,572 1,637 1,935 2,739 2,783 3,524 1,421 2,102 2,731 2,577 3,463 1,444 2,020 2,595 2,548 3,479 1,440 2,039 Average (mean) duration, in weeks .......................................... Median duration, in weeks ........................................................ 17.8 9.2 19.6 10.3 20.1 10.2 17.9 9.4 19.3 10.0 19.0 9.6 19.7 10.1 19.1 10.3 20.1 10.4 100.0 34.1 30.5 35.4 15.0 20.5 100.0 31.6 28.7 39.7 16.6 23.1 100.0 30.2 30.4 39.4 15.9 23.5 100.0 33.9 29.5 36.6 15.3 21.3 100.0 30.3 29.9 39.8 18.1 21.7 100.0 30.7 29.2 40.2 18.4 21.8 100.0 30.3 30.8 39.0 15.7 23.2 100.0 31.1 29.4 39.5 16.5 23.0 100.0 30.1 29.5 40.4 16.7 23.7 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 ............................................................... NOTE: Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-10. Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Employed Unemployment rates Unemployed Occupation Total, 16 years and over 1 .......................................................................... Management, professional, and related occupations ............................... Management, business, and financial operations occupations ............ Professional and related occupations ........................................................ Service occupations .......................................................................................... Sales and office occupations .......................................................................... Sales and related occupations ..................................................................... Office and administrative support occupations ........................................ Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations ........... Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ............................................... Construction and extraction occupations ................................................... Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................. Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ................ Production occupations .................................................................................. Transportation and material moving occupations .................................... Nov. 2002 Nov. 2003 136,684 46,836 19,438 27,398 21,922 35,629 15,988 19,641 13,960 887 8,311 4,762 18,336 9,756 8,581 138,700 48,027 19,720 28,307 21,748 36,079 16,387 19,693 14,713 1,064 8,425 5,224 18,133 9,715 8,418 1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total. NOTE: Occupations reflect the introduction of the 2002 Census occupational classification Nov. 2002 Nov. 2003 Nov. 2002 8,170 1,395 597 798 1,554 2,113 1,044 1,069 1,079 143 728 208 1,455 856 599 8,269 1,411 581 830 1,683 1,902 911 991 1,148 144 661 344 1,514 769 745 Nov. 2003 5.6 2.9 3.0 2.8 6.6 5.6 6.1 5.2 7.2 13.9 8.1 4.2 7.4 8.1 6.5 5.6 2.9 2.9 2.8 7.2 5.0 5.3 4.8 7.2 11.9 7.3 6.2 7.7 7.3 8.1 system derived from the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification system into the Current Population Survey. Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. Table A-11. Unemployed persons by industry, not seasonally adjusted Number of unemployed persons (in thousands) Industry Total, 16 years and over 1 ....................................................................... Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers ...................................... Mining ................................................................................................................. Construction ...................................................................................................... Manufacturing ................................................................................................... Durable goods ................................................................................................ Nondurable goods ......................................................................................... Wholesale and retail trade ............................................................................ Transportation and utilities ............................................................................ Information ........................................................................................................ Financial activities ........................................................................................... Professional and business services ............................................................ Education and health services ..................................................................... Leisure and hospitality ................................................................................... Other services .................................................................................................. Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers ........................ Government workers ......................................................................................... Self employed and unpaid family workers ................................................... 1 Persons with no previous work experience are included in the unemployed total. NOTE: Industries reflect the introduction of the 2002 Census industry classification system derived from the 2002 North American Industry Classification System into the Current Unemployment rates Nov. 2002 Nov. 2003 8,170 6,719 32 758 1,115 754 362 1,242 233 220 337 1,029 493 978 284 137 468 297 8,269 6,715 34 690 1,034 691 343 1,156 275 257 311 948 662 990 357 148 542 308 Nov. 2002 5.6 6.0 5.4 8.5 6.3 6.7 5.6 6.2 4.2 6.5 3.7 8.2 2.8 8.9 4.9 11.1 2.3 2.8 Nov. 2003 5.6 5.9 5.9 7.8 5.9 6.2 5.3 5.4 5.1 7.6 3.3 7.7 3.8 9.0 5.8 10.3 2.7 2.8 Population Survey. Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-12. Alternative measures of labor underutilization (Percent) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Measure Nov. 2002 Oct. 2003 Nov. 2003 Nov. 2002 July 2003 Aug. 2003 Sept. 2003 Oct. 2003 Nov. 2003 U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force .............. 2.0 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force ...................................................................................................................................... 3.1 2.9 3.1 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.2 U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official unemployment rate) ...................................................................................................................................... 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.9 6.2 6.1 6.1 6.0 5.9 U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers ............................................................................................................ 5.9 5.9 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 ................................................................................................................. 6.5 6.6 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 ........................................................................................... 9.4 9.5 9.7 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) 1 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. Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. Data not available. NOTE: 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 Table A-13. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Total Men Women Category Nov. 2002 Nov. 2003 Nov. 2002 Nov. 2003 Nov. 2002 Nov. 2003 73,695 4,407 1,401 75,310 4,201 1,473 27,830 1,936 697 28,424 1,907 704 45,865 2,471 704 46,886 2,294 769 385 1,016 457 1,016 234 463 285 419 150 553 173 597 Total multiple jobholders 4 ............................................................................ Percent of total employed ......................................................................... 7,261 5.3 7,302 5.3 3,520 4.8 3,618 4.9 3,741 5.8 3,684 5.7 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 ................................................... 3,880 1,608 255 1,487 3,730 1,699 254 1,577 2,130 478 173 728 2,030 541 160 860 1,751 1,129 82 759 1,700 1,158 94 716 NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE Total not in the labor force ............................................................................ Persons who currently want a job ............................................................... Searched for work and available to work now 1 ..................................... Reason not currently looking: Discouragement over job prospects 2 ......................................... Reasons other than discouragement 3 ........................................ MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS 1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the reference week. 2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of discrimination. 3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as child-care and transportation problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined. 4 Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately. NOTE: Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Industry Nov. 2002 Sept. 2003 Oct. 2003p Seasonally adjusted Nov. 2003p Nov. 2002 July 2003 Aug. 2003 Sept. 2003 Oct. 2003p Nov. 2003p Change from: Oct. 2003Nov. 2003 Total nonfarm ............................. 131,428 130,234 131,055 131,198 130,409 129,846 129,881 129,980 130,117 130,174 57 Total private ........................................ 109,463 108,999 109,277 109,302 108,869 108,388 108,411 108,524 108,636 108,686 50 Goods-producing ............................................ 22,538 22,289 22,226 22,109 22,409 22,001 21,982 21,978 21,970 21,963 -7 Natural resources and mining .................................. Logging ............................................................ Mining .................................................................... Oil and gas extraction ........................................ Mining, except oil and gas 1................................. Coal mining ...................................................... Support activities for mining .............................. 579 70.2 508.9 121.6 212.3 74.5 175.0 573 66.9 506.2 125.7 211.4 71.5 169.1 576 68.1 507.9 126.3 211.8 71.8 169.8 572 67.7 503.9 125.5 210.2 72.4 168.2 573 67.6 505.0 122.0 209.3 73.8 173.7 566 64.0 502.1 125.3 209.6 73.7 167.2 565 63.6 501.1 125.0 209.1 72.9 167.0 564 63.7 499.9 125.4 207.5 71.5 167.0 565 64.5 500.0 125.8 207.6 71.6 166.6 565 64.7 499.8 125.8 207.6 71.7 166.4 0 .2 -.2 .0 .0 .1 -.2 Construction ............................................................. 6,845 Construction of buildings ................................... 1,620.6 Heavy and civil engineering construction ......... 938.5 Specialty trade contractors ................................ 4,285.6 7,083 1,658.8 985.5 4,438.5 7,056 1,659.3 975.7 4,420.9 6,962 1,636.9 943.6 4,381.9 6,745 1,602.9 915.2 4,226.4 6,804 1,606.7 910.8 4,286.3 6,825 1,610.9 913.9 4,300.3 6,841 1,620.1 915.8 4,305.5 6,846 1,621.2 912.8 4,311.7 6,856 1,619.2 916.2 4,320.1 10 -2.0 3.4 8.4 Manufacturing ........................................................... Production workers ....................................... 15,114 10,671 14,633 10,267 14,594 10,238 14,575 10,217 15,091 10,648 14,631 10,257 14,592 10,229 14,573 10,207 14,559 10,191 14,542 10,175 -17 -16 Durable goods ....................................................... Production workers ....................................... Wood products ................................................... Nonmetallic mineral products ............................ Primary metals .................................................... Fabricated metal products ................................. Machinery ........................................................... Computer and electronic products 1.................... Computer and peripheral equipment ............. Communications equipment ........................... Semiconductors and electronic components . Electronic instruments ..................................... Electrical equipment and appliances ................ Transportation equipment .................................. Furniture and related products .......................... Miscellaneous manufacturing ............................ 9,368 6,455 552.7 518.3 503.8 1,524.6 1,212.5 1,469.5 241.5 181.1 506.4 440.5 484.7 1,814.4 593.4 693.9 9,022 6,183 547.9 509.7 474.1 1,466.7 1,162.9 1,384.4 220.3 168.9 475.4 428.7 461.1 1,771.4 574.0 669.3 9,012 6,177 547.6 506.2 469.7 1,470.7 1,161.3 1,383.1 219.5 169.5 473.1 429.0 459.5 1,768.8 575.4 669.9 9,024 6,186 548.8 505.4 468.3 1,471.8 1,167.2 1,383.3 218.1 170.6 474.6 429.4 460.6 1,772.4 576.6 669.4 9,362 6,447 552.3 513.6 503.3 1,523.7 1,216.1 1,472.0 241.8 182.0 507.6 442.5 486.8 1,808.7 594.2 691.1 9,034 6,188 540.8 501.1 478.5 1,470.7 1,171.9 1,398.1 223.6 171.9 480.9 429.0 465.9 1,760.2 574.2 673.0 9,018 6,182 538.2 501.4 475.9 1,469.2 1,168.0 1,392.5 221.9 170.9 479.5 429.0 462.1 1,767.6 572.7 670.4 9,010 6,169 542.1 500.3 472.4 1,465.8 1,168.1 1,389.5 221.6 170.5 477.6 429.3 461.1 1,768.1 573.7 668.8 9,006 6,162 544.6 499.9 469.7 1,467.4 1,167.3 1,384.7 219.3 170.4 474.6 429.6 460.8 1,768.5 574.6 668.1 9,006 6,161 548.1 500.3 467.8 1,468.3 1,168.8 1,382.9 217.7 170.7 475.4 429.7 460.9 1,765.8 576.0 667.1 0 -1 3.5 .4 -1.9 .9 1.5 -1.8 -1.6 .3 .8 .1 .1 -2.7 1.4 -1.0 Nondurable goods ................................................. 5,746 Production workers ....................................... 4,216 Food manufacturing ........................................... 1,534.1 Beverages and tobacco products ...................... 199.9 Textile mills ......................................................... 286.4 Textile product mills ........................................... 195.3 Apparel ................................................................ 346.2 Leather and allied products ............................... 47.9 Paper and paper products ................................. 545.5 Printing and related support activities ............... 698.1 Petroleum and coal products ............................. 119.6 Chemicals ........................................................... 923.2 Plastics and rubber products ............................. 849.8 5,611 4,084 1,561.2 198.2 259.3 179.3 298.5 42.9 526.7 687.6 117.9 908.7 830.8 5,582 4,061 1,547.1 196.4 254.0 178.6 298.7 42.7 525.6 687.1 116.5 906.1 828.9 5,551 4,031 1,529.9 191.5 252.9 179.3 300.3 42.6 523.8 684.4 115.5 906.1 824.6 5,729 4,201 1,520.0 200.2 286.8 194.9 343.2 47.7 544.6 697.5 119.4 924.7 850.1 5,597 4,069 1,520.9 194.4 264.7 184.2 301.2 43.5 527.3 692.2 118.0 917.7 833.3 5,574 4,047 1,521.7 194.8 259.6 178.4 299.0 43.1 526.4 690.0 116.9 914.8 829.3 5,563 4,038 1,522.7 193.3 258.3 179.7 296.5 43.1 525.0 687.7 116.0 912.5 828.6 5,553 4,029 1,523.7 193.3 255.6 179.3 297.0 42.7 524.5 685.3 115.4 909.8 826.5 5,536 4,014 1,515.9 192.1 253.8 179.4 297.9 42.6 522.5 683.8 114.8 907.9 824.9 -17 -15 -7.8 -1.2 -1.8 .1 .9 -.1 -2.0 -1.5 -.6 -1.9 -1.6 Service-providing ............................................ 108,890 107,945 108,829 109,089 108,000 107,845 107,899 108,002 108,147 108,211 64 Private service-providing ............................ 86,925 86,710 87,051 87,193 86,460 86,387 86,429 86,546 86,666 86,723 57 Trade, transportation, and utilities ........................... 25,868 25,197 25,378 25,689 25,406 25,211 25,217 25,243 25,276 25,258 -18 Wholesale trade .................................................... 5,614.0 Durable goods .................................................... 2,984.9 Nondurable goods .............................................. 2,010.9 Electronic markets and agents and brokers ..... 618.2 5,554.3 2,929.1 2,003.9 621.3 5,564.5 2,939.2 2,001.7 623.6 5,568.4 2,948.3 1,996.4 623.7 5,604.9 2,984.3 2,004.3 616.3 5,560.1 2,940.4 2,001.4 618.3 5,550.0 2,934.5 1,997.7 617.8 5,551.2 2,932.7 1,995.9 622.6 5,552.0 2,936.4 1,993.4 622.2 5,557.5 2,945.8 1,989.6 622.1 5.5 9.4 -3.8 -.1 See footnotes at end of table. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail-Continued (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Industry Nov. 2002 Sept. 2003 Oct. 2003p Seasonally adjusted Nov. 2003p Nov. 2002 July 2003 Aug. 2003 Sept. 2003 Oct. 2003p Nov. 2003p Retail trade ............................................................ 15,427.8 14,908.6 15,063.3 15,369.5 15,014.0 14,958.0 14,975.1 14,986.9 15,014.9 14,987.0 Motor vehicle and parts dealers 1........................ 1,888.0 1,897.3 1,897.2 1,887.7 1,883.8 1,883.2 1,880.5 1,884.6 1,884.4 1,883.4 Automobile dealers ......................................... 1,257.1 1,255.3 1,255.4 1,247.6 1,255.0 1,249.0 1,248.1 1,249.5 1,248.2 1,245.5 Furniture and home furnishings stores ............. 563.2 538.3 545.9 563.4 548.7 543.9 541.6 544.1 544.9 548.6 Electronics and appliance stores ....................... 542.1 513.0 521.8 536.2 529.3 519.6 519.9 520.4 521.4 523.7 Building material and garden supply stores ...... 1,174.6 1,209.9 1,211.5 1,205.4 1,184.2 1,196.5 1,203.3 1,210.0 1,212.3 1,213.8 Food and beverage stores ................................. 2,877.7 2,792.5 2,812.6 2,820.2 2,842.5 2,801.7 2,798.0 2,796.7 2,812.7 2,790.0 Health and personal care stores ....................... 954.7 965.4 976.5 986.5 949.5 965.8 965.9 969.4 975.2 978.9 Gasoline stations ................................................ 904.2 907.4 900.0 900.5 903.7 904.0 907.1 903.9 900.3 901.4 Clothing and clothing accessories stores ......... 1,364.1 1,257.5 1,278.9 1,332.9 1,304.5 1,277.6 1,278.9 1,278.2 1,284.4 1,279.9 Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores................................................................ 685.1 636.3 640.6 672.1 650.1 640.8 640.6 640.3 639.9 638.8 General merchandise stores 1............................. 3,027.5 2,818.5 2,884.4 3,042.1 2,817.5 2,838.9 2,857.7 2,859.1 2,858.2 2,849.5 Department stores .......................................... 1,865.3 1,671.9 1,724.0 1,845.7 1,712.0 1,690.3 1,703.6 1,704.1 1,704.2 1,702.2 Miscellaneous store retailers ............................. 977.0 937.5 945.0 954.5 957.2 942.5 941.0 941.0 942.2 939.6 Nonstore retailers ............................................... 469.6 435.0 448.9 468.0 443.0 443.5 440.6 439.2 439.0 439.4 Change from: Oct. 2003Nov. 2003 -27.9 -1.0 -2.7 3.7 2.3 1.5 -22.7 3.7 1.1 -4.5 -1.1 -8.7 -2.0 -2.6 .4 4,143.5 504.0 217.0 49.9 1,347.0 362.2 38.6 33.9 523.3 552.5 515.1 4,159.3 499.6 217.1 49.5 1,349.4 371.8 38.7 29.9 524.8 555.5 523.0 4,161.0 500.5 217.5 48.0 1,344.5 370.2 39.5 26.0 522.6 567.2 525.0 4,188.9 556.3 216.8 50.3 1,333.2 363.3 40.2 25.7 528.2 556.3 518.6 4,103.7 502.4 217.1 50.0 1,324.0 347.4 39.5 29.5 520.2 560.6 513.0 4,101.2 500.0 214.8 49.9 1,331.0 348.3 38.9 30.0 519.1 557.8 511.4 4,114.1 501.4 216.8 48.6 1,330.1 355.3 39.1 29.7 521.8 557.3 514.0 4,117.7 499.2 216.5 49.2 1,332.6 358.6 39.1 29.7 521.4 555.8 515.6 4,122.6 502.1 216.4 49.0 1,334.4 358.8 39.4 29.8 521.7 555.5 515.5 4.9 2.9 -.1 -.2 1.8 .2 .3 .1 .3 -.3 -.1 597.3 590.7 590.9 590.2 598.3 589.6 590.8 591.0 591.6 591.1 -.5 Information ................................................................ 3,391 Publishing industries, except Internet ............... 964.5 Motion picture and sound recording industries . 394.2 Broadcasting, except Internet ............................ 333.0 Internet publishing and broadcasting ................ 33.0 Telecommunications .......................................... 1,179.5 ISPs, search portals, and data processing ....... 440.0 Other information services ................................. 46.8 3,256 937.0 366.4 325.3 34.4 1,123.7 423.9 45.4 3,256 937.4 364.4 323.2 33.9 1,125.4 426.3 45.8 3,272 940.0 374.4 324.7 34.4 1,124.5 428.3 45.8 3,382 962.6 394.3 331.0 33.0 1,174.9 439.1 46.9 3,278 941.4 373.7 324.1 34.5 1,127.8 430.9 45.1 3,267 941.5 367.2 322.9 34.2 1,125.7 429.7 45.5 3,270 939.2 373.3 325.0 34.3 1,125.0 427.4 45.7 3,264 937.9 372.3 322.9 34.2 1,123.2 427.4 45.8 3,265 937.5 374.7 322.9 34.6 1,122.4 426.6 45.8 1 -.4 2.4 .0 .4 -.8 -.8 .0 Financial activities .................................................... Finance and insurance .......................................... Monetary authorities - central bank ................... Credit intermediation and related activities 1....... Depository credit intermediation 1..................... Commercial banking .................................... Securities, commodity contracts, investments .. Insurance carriers and related activities ........... Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles ........ Real estate and rental and leasing ....................... Real estate .......................................................... Rental and leasing services ............................... Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets ......... 7,869 5,848.3 22.9 2,722.9 1,745.1 1,288.7 796.8 2,221.0 84.7 2,020.3 1,352.7 640.6 27.0 7,980 5,917.9 21.9 2,782.6 1,768.2 1,299.6 798.5 2,233.2 81.7 2,062.5 1,377.9 654.5 30.1 7,967 5,911.5 21.9 2,778.6 1,768.9 1,299.4 800.5 2,229.6 80.9 2,055.9 1,376.3 649.0 30.6 7,955 5,907.2 21.9 2,770.7 1,767.8 1,297.8 803.5 2,229.4 81.7 2,048.1 1,373.1 644.9 30.1 7,880 5,851.1 23.0 2,722.8 1,748.3 1,291.2 798.2 2,222.7 84.4 2,029.2 1,357.3 644.9 27.0 7,981 5,928.6 22.1 2,789.4 1,771.5 1,304.1 796.6 2,238.1 82.4 2,052.7 1,368.9 654.6 29.2 7,980 5,924.4 22.0 2,788.8 1,772.4 1,304.8 794.9 2,237.1 81.6 2,055.2 1,371.5 654.2 29.5 7,986 5,933.2 22.0 2,791.3 1,773.8 1,304.1 799.0 2,238.9 82.0 2,052.7 1,372.4 650.5 29.8 7,974 5,919.6 21.9 2,783.9 1,775.1 1,304.1 800.2 2,232.4 81.2 2,054.3 1,373.5 650.7 30.1 7,969 5,912.8 21.9 2,774.9 1,773.7 1,301.9 803.8 2,230.6 81.6 2,055.8 1,374.8 651.0 30.0 -5 -6.8 .0 -9.0 -1.4 -2.2 3.6 -1.8 .4 1.5 1.3 .3 -.1 Professional and business services ........................ Professional and technical services 1..................... Legal services .................................................. Accounting and bookkeeping services ........... Architectural and engineering services .......... Computer systems design and related services.......................................................... Management and technical consulting services.......................................................... 16,092 6,691.0 1,121.6 820.9 1,252.9 16,258 6,617.4 1,118.0 789.5 1,251.8 16,338 6,664.0 1,128.0 793.0 1,252.5 16,248 6,664.0 1,130.4 796.1 1,254.2 16,014 6,731.9 1,120.6 884.3 1,252.1 16,063 6,661.6 1,122.8 847.9 1,240.9 16,054 6,657.3 1,121.9 854.3 1,238.1 16,107 6,685.4 1,124.9 856.1 1,247.2 16,133 6,698.4 1,128.5 856.2 1,248.3 16,153 6,703.9 1,129.3 855.5 1,253.7 20 5.5 .8 -.7 5.4 1,150.3 1,127.5 1,135.8 1,138.2 1,150.1 1,130.6 1,125.4 1,133.4 1,136.3 1,138.1 1.8 736.1 741.1 750.0 746.7 733.4 735.0 736.1 739.7 745.8 744.4 -1.4 Transportation and warehousing .......................... 4,228.8 Air transportation ................................................ 559.3 Rail transportation .............................................. 218.4 Water transportation ........................................... 49.3 Truck transportation ........................................... 1,345.6 Transit and ground passenger transportation ... 371.5 Pipeline transportation ....................................... 40.2 Scenic and sightseeing transportation .............. 22.9 Support activities for transportation ................... 529.3 Couriers and messengers .................................. 566.3 Warehousing and storage .................................. 526.0 Utilities ................................................................... See footnotes at end of table. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail-Continued (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Nov. 2002 Sept. 2003 Oct. 2003p Nov. 2003p Nov. 2002 July 2003 Aug. 2003 Sept. 2003 Oct. 2003p Nov. 2003p Change from: Oct. 2003Nov. 2003 1,710.4 7,690.1 7,377.0 3,342.1 2,225.9 761.7 1,606.9 313.1 1,696.9 7,943.5 7,622.6 3,558.4 2,384.4 747.2 1,665.0 320.9 1,694.6 7,979.5 7,661.2 3,596.6 2,399.0 757.5 1,645.7 318.3 1,702.9 7,880.8 7,570.2 3,550.4 2,364.4 759.8 1,612.9 310.6 1,699.0 7,583.0 7,271.1 3,256.8 2,174.4 755.8 1,601.0 311.9 1,698.5 7,702.5 7,380.3 3,374.8 2,226.6 745.0 1,609.9 322.2 1,690.8 7,706.1 7,389.2 3,373.7 2,236.6 750.4 1,613.5 316.9 1,691.7 7,729.6 7,413.1 3,394.5 2,261.1 754.3 1,610.3 316.5 1,690.3 7,744.0 7,429.2 3,419.2 2,276.3 753.9 1,604.1 314.8 1,691.7 7,757.5 7,446.0 3,439.9 2,297.1 753.0 1,603.1 311.5 1.4 13.5 16.8 20.7 20.8 -.9 -1.0 -3.3 Education and health services ................................ 16,561 16,482 16,801 16,872 16,357 16,487 16,541 16,570 16,626 16,660 Educational services ............................................. 2,866.1 2,657.8 2,898.4 2,933.0 2,690.3 2,676.7 2,699.8 2,715.6 2,735.8 2,745.2 Health care and social assistance ........................ 13,694.6 13,823.9 13,902.5 13,939.1 13,666.5 13,810.0 13,840.8 13,854.1 13,889.9 13,914.7 Ambulatory health care services 1....................... 4,718.8 4,786.6 4,819.0 4,828.5 4,708.5 4,781.6 4,791.7 4,791.7 4,810.7 4,821.8 Offices of physicians ....................................... 2,020.3 2,055.1 2,068.9 2,070.8 2,017.7 2,052.7 2,056.6 2,056.9 2,067.3 2,069.8 Outpatient care centers ................................... 412.9 411.4 413.0 416.9 412.3 412.9 413.7 413.7 414.4 416.6 Home health care services ............................. 694.8 712.4 718.8 718.7 689.6 711.1 711.8 711.3 714.5 715.0 Hospitals ............................................................. 4,191.2 4,237.1 4,242.7 4,254.6 4,187.0 4,226.8 4,235.2 4,239.5 4,243.9 4,251.8 Nursing and residential care facilities 1............... 2,767.3 2,788.8 2,799.5 2,807.4 2,763.4 2,787.2 2,789.7 2,794.4 2,799.4 2,803.1 Nursing care facilities ...................................... 1,583.5 1,585.6 1,589.3 1,593.9 1,580.9 1,586.0 1,583.8 1,586.9 1,589.6 1,592.3 Social assistance1................................................ 2,017.3 2,011.4 2,041.3 2,048.6 2,007.6 2,014.4 2,024.2 2,028.5 2,035.9 2,038.0 Child day care services ................................... 737.1 727.9 748.4 749.2 725.9 729.3 732.4 731.2 735.8 736.5 34 9.4 24.8 11.1 2.5 2.2 .5 7.9 3.7 2.7 2.1 .7 Leisure and hospitality ............................................. 11,802 12,239 12,010 11,850 12,069 12,051 12,051 12,056 12,081 12,102 Arts, entertainment, and recreation ...................... 1,657.9 1,810.6 1,707.0 1,621.8 1,806.2 1,763.8 1,759.8 1,759.1 1,762.5 1,762.7 Performing arts and spectator sports ................ 353.6 360.5 341.3 334.8 369.1 347.4 347.3 351.6 350.5 348.6 Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks ...... 108.6 109.4 109.9 108.2 111.2 110.0 109.8 109.1 110.0 110.4 Amusements, gambling, and recreation ........... 1,195.7 1,340.7 1,255.8 1,178.8 1,325.9 1,306.4 1,302.7 1,298.4 1,302.0 1,303.7 Accommodations and food services .................... 10,143.8 10,428.3 10,303.1 10,228.1 10,262.9 10,286.9 10,290.8 10,296.7 10,318.6 10,339.3 Accommodations ................................................ 1,733.6 1,798.4 1,744.7 1,703.2 1,802.3 1,778.6 1,769.1 1,754.7 1,751.6 1,764.5 Food services and drinking places .................... 8,410.2 8,629.9 8,558.4 8,524.9 8,460.6 8,508.3 8,521.7 8,542.0 8,567.0 8,574.8 21 .2 -1.9 .4 1.7 20.7 12.9 7.8 Other services .......................................................... 5,342 Repair and maintenance .................................... 1,233.1 Personal and laundry services .......................... 1,237.9 Membership associations and organizations .... 2,871.0 5,298 1,221.4 1,221.3 2,855.1 5,301 1,217.1 1,222.6 2,861.7 5,307 1,211.8 1,225.2 2,870.1 5,352 1,236.3 1,236.2 2,879.7 5,316 1,219.5 1,224.6 2,872.1 5,319 1,222.3 1,223.5 2,872.7 5,314 1,219.7 1,219.7 2,874.8 5,312 1,216.4 1,222.0 2,873.8 5,316 1,213.1 1,224.2 2,878.5 4 -3.3 2.2 4.7 Government .............................................................. Federal ................................................................... Federal, except U.S. Postal Service ................. U.S. Postal Service ............................................ State government .................................................. State government education .............................. State government, excluding education ............ Local government .................................................. Local government education ............................. Local government, excluding education ........... 21,235 2,742 1,933.4 808.9 4,918 2,174.1 2,744.0 13,575 7,506.3 6,068.7 21,778 2,732 1,924.0 808.0 5,075 2,341.5 2,733.6 13,971 7,931.1 6,040.0 21,896 2,712 1,906.3 805.2 5,096 2,365.3 2,730.8 14,088 8,052.3 6,036.1 21,540 2,782 1,954.2 827.3 4,983 2,203.0 2,780.0 13,775 7,697.0 6,077.9 21,458 2,747 1,928.9 817.7 4,920 2,175.5 2,744.7 13,791 7,723.5 6,067.2 21,470 2,745 1,929.5 815.8 4,928 2,186.6 2,741.6 13,797 7,735.1 6,061.9 21,456 2,742 1,929.6 812.3 4,948 2,203.3 2,744.3 13,766 7,682.6 6,083.8 21,481 2,732 1,921.6 810.8 4,955 2,210.5 2,744.3 13,794 7,701.5 6,092.1 21,488 2,723 1,915.1 807.6 4,960 2,215.0 2,745.0 13,805 7,705.4 6,099.2 7 -9 -6.5 -3.2 5 4.5 .7 11 3.9 7.1 Industry Professional and business services-Continued Management of companies and enterprises ....... Administrative and waste services ....................... Administrative and support services 1................. Employment services 1...................................... Temporary help services ............................. Business support services .............................. Services to buildings and dwellings ............... Waste management and remediation services 1 Includes 21,965 2,780 1,952.1 828.3 5,114 2,347.3 2,766.3 14,071 8,040.4 6,030.3 other industries, not shown separately. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail Not seasonally adjusted Industry Seasonally adjusted Change from: Oct. 2003Nov. 2003 Nov. 2002 Sept. 2003 Oct. 2003p Nov. 2003p Nov. 2002 July 2003 Aug. 2003 Sept. 2003 Oct. 2003p Nov. 2003p Total private ....................................... 33.7 33.8 33.8 34.0 33.8 33.6 33.7 33.7 33.8 33.9 0.1 Goods-producing .......................................... 39.7 40.3 40.2 40.2 39.7 39.6 39.8 39.9 39.9 40.0 .1 Natural resources and mining .............................. 42.0 44.1 44.0 44.0 42.3 43.2 43.7 43.7 43.8 43.7 -.1 Construction ............................................................ 37.8 39.1 38.9 38.1 38.0 38.3 38.6 38.4 38.4 38.3 -.1 Manufacturing ......................................................... Overtime hours ............................................ 40.6 4.4 40.8 4.5 40.7 4.4 41.2 4.6 40.4 4.3 40.1 4.1 40.2 4.1 40.5 4.2 40.6 4.3 40.8 4.4 .2 .1 Durable goods ..................................................... Overtime hours ............................................ Wood products .................................................. Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... Primary metals .................................................. Fabricated metal products .............................. Machinery .......................................................... Computer and electronic products ................ Electrical equipment and appliances ............ Transportation equipment ............................... Furniture and related products ....................... Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 40.8 4.4 39.5 41.6 42.4 40.7 40.7 40.6 40.7 42.1 38.7 38.8 41.2 4.6 41.0 42.7 42.5 40.9 41.0 40.8 40.7 42.6 39.6 38.4 41.1 4.5 41.0 42.6 42.3 41.0 40.8 40.8 41.2 42.4 39.1 38.4 41.5 4.7 41.2 42.6 43.1 41.4 41.4 41.4 41.3 42.5 39.9 39.3 40.6 4.3 39.8 41.6 42.2 40.4 40.6 40.2 40.2 42.2 38.7 38.6 40.5 4.1 40.7 41.6 41.7 40.5 40.3 40.5 40.4 41.3 38.9 38.4 40.5 4.2 40.4 42.1 41.9 40.5 40.7 41.1 40.6 40.7 39.1 38.2 40.9 4.3 40.4 41.9 42.2 40.7 41.0 40.6 40.6 42.0 39.3 38.4 41.0 4.4 40.8 42.2 42.4 40.9 40.9 40.7 40.9 41.9 39.3 38.4 41.2 4.5 41.0 42.4 42.9 41.0 41.2 40.8 40.6 42.2 39.7 38.9 .2 .1 .2 .2 .5 .1 .3 .1 -.3 .3 .4 .5 Nondurable goods ............................................... Overtime hours ............................................ Food manufacturing ......................................... Beverages and tobacco products .................. Textile mills ........................................................ Textile product mills ......................................... Apparel ............................................................... Leather and allied products ............................ Paper and paper products .............................. Printing and related support activities ........... Petroleum and coal products .......................... Chemicals .......................................................... Plastics and rubber products .......................... 40.3 4.4 40.1 39.2 40.1 38.5 36.7 39.2 41.9 38.7 43.9 42.9 40.3 40.3 4.5 40.1 39.9 39.4 40.8 35.0 38.4 41.7 38.8 44.6 42.5 40.8 40.2 4.3 39.7 39.3 39.1 40.4 36.0 39.4 41.7 38.9 45.2 42.1 40.9 40.6 4.5 40.2 39.7 40.1 40.7 36.4 39.7 42.1 39.1 44.0 42.9 41.1 40.0 4.2 39.5 39.0 40.1 38.7 36.5 38.9 41.5 38.4 43.6 42.6 40.3 39.4 4.0 39.0 38.5 37.7 39.8 34.6 39.8 41.2 38.0 43.9 42.1 40.0 39.7 3.9 39.3 38.8 38.7 39.9 34.7 39.0 41.2 38.0 44.4 42.3 40.2 39.9 4.1 39.4 39.3 39.1 40.6 35.2 38.6 41.2 38.2 44.2 42.3 40.5 40.0 4.1 39.4 39.2 39.3 40.5 35.8 39.3 41.6 38.6 44.9 42.1 40.7 40.1 4.3 39.5 39.7 39.9 40.5 36.1 39.5 41.7 38.6 44.3 42.5 40.7 .1 .2 .1 .5 .6 .0 .3 .2 .1 .0 -.6 .4 .0 Private service-providing ............................. 32.4 32.3 32.3 32.7 32.5 32.3 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.5 .1 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 33.3 33.7 33.6 33.6 33.6 33.4 33.5 33.6 33.7 33.6 -.1 Wholesale trade ................................................... 37.9 37.9 38.0 38.5 37.9 37.8 37.9 37.9 38.1 38.0 -.1 Retail trade ........................................................... 30.5 31.0 30.8 30.7 30.8 30.6 30.8 30.9 31.0 30.9 -.1 Transportation and warehousing ...................... 37.0 37.2 37.1 37.5 37.0 36.9 36.9 36.9 37.1 37.0 -.1 Utilities ................................................................... 41.3 40.8 41.2 41.5 41.1 40.9 40.9 40.5 41.1 41.1 .0 Information ............................................................... 36.7 36.1 36.2 36.8 36.6 36.4 36.3 36.2 36.2 36.4 .2 Financial activities .................................................. 35.5 35.2 35.2 36.1 35.6 35.5 35.5 35.4 35.4 35.5 .1 Professional and business services .................... 34.1 33.8 33.9 34.3 34.2 34.0 33.9 34.0 34.0 34.1 .1 Education and health services ............................. 32.5 32.5 32.4 32.9 32.5 32.5 32.7 32.5 32.5 32.7 .2 Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 25.5 25.3 25.5 25.7 25.9 25.3 25.4 25.6 25.6 25.8 .2 Other services ......................................................... 31.9 31.7 31.7 31.9 32.0 31.7 31.7 31.7 31.7 31.8 .1 1 Data relate to production workers in natural resources and mining and manufacturing, construction workers in construction, and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls. 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 sector and selected industry detail Average hourly earnings Industry Average weekly earnings Nov. 2002 Sept. 2003 Oct. 2003p Nov. 2003p Nov. 2002 Sept. 2003 Oct. 2003p Nov. 2003p Total private ....................................... Seasonally adjusted ..................... $15.16 15.14 $15.48 15.44 $15.46 15.45 $15.51 15.46 $510.89 511.73 $523.22 520.33 $522.55 522.21 $527.34 524.09 Goods-producing .......................................... 16.55 17.01 16.93 16.92 657.04 685.50 680.59 680.18 Natural resources and mining .............................. 17.45 17.78 17.78 17.78 732.90 784.10 782.32 782.32 Construction ............................................................ 18.70 19.17 19.11 19.07 706.86 749.55 743.38 726.57 Manufacturing ......................................................... 15.51 15.88 15.79 15.84 629.71 647.90 642.65 652.61 Durable goods ..................................................... Wood products .................................................. Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... Primary metals .................................................. Fabricated metal products .............................. Machinery .......................................................... Computer and electronic products ................ Electrical equipment and appliances ............ Transportation equipment ............................... Furniture and related products ....................... Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 16.29 12.43 15.46 17.99 14.85 16.06 16.26 14.03 21.41 12.79 13.06 16.61 12.83 15.83 18.27 15.09 16.42 16.75 14.47 21.56 13.10 13.41 16.51 12.81 15.94 18.22 15.02 16.38 16.72 14.31 21.24 13.01 13.46 16.53 12.86 15.92 18.31 15.05 16.53 16.74 14.49 21.16 13.09 13.53 664.63 490.99 643.14 762.78 604.40 653.64 660.16 571.02 901.36 494.97 506.73 684.33 526.03 675.94 776.48 617.18 673.22 683.40 588.93 918.46 518.76 514.94 678.56 525.21 679.04 770.71 615.82 668.30 682.18 589.57 900.58 508.69 516.86 686.00 529.83 678.19 789.16 623.07 684.34 693.04 598.44 899.30 522.29 531.73 Nondurable goods ............................................... Food manufacturing ......................................... Beverages and tobacco products .................. Textile mills ........................................................ Textile product mills ......................................... Apparel ............................................................... Leather and allied products ............................ Paper and paper products .............................. Printing and related support activities ........... Petroleum and coal products .......................... Chemicals .......................................................... Plastics and rubber products .......................... 14.31 12.61 17.60 11.71 11.07 9.19 11.23 17.09 15.19 23.35 18.29 13.70 14.74 12.88 17.58 12.06 11.49 9.77 11.69 17.54 15.48 23.51 18.68 14.29 14.68 12.76 17.86 12.03 11.39 9.69 11.88 17.56 15.42 23.69 18.67 14.16 14.76 12.84 17.89 12.14 11.37 9.67 11.95 17.62 15.57 23.94 18.79 14.20 576.69 505.66 689.92 469.57 426.20 337.27 440.22 716.07 587.85 1,025.07 784.64 552.11 594.02 516.49 701.44 475.16 468.79 341.95 448.90 731.42 600.62 1,048.55 793.90 583.03 590.14 506.57 701.90 470.37 460.16 348.84 468.07 732.25 599.84 1,070.79 786.01 579.14 599.26 516.17 710.23 486.81 462.76 351.99 474.42 741.80 608.79 1,053.36 806.09 583.62 Private service-providing ............................. 14.77 15.05 15.05 15.13 478.55 486.12 486.12 494.75 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 14.12 14.42 14.38 14.39 470.20 485.95 483.17 483.50 Wholesale trade ................................................... 17.14 17.38 17.39 17.45 649.61 658.70 660.82 671.83 Retail trade ........................................................... 11.73 12.00 11.91 11.91 357.77 372.00 366.83 365.64 Transportation and warehousing ...................... 16.03 16.35 16.35 16.38 593.11 608.22 606.59 614.25 Utilities ................................................................... 24.12 25.11 25.19 25.23 996.16 1,024.49 1,037.83 1,047.05 Information ............................................................... 20.67 21.45 21.35 21.32 758.59 774.35 772.87 784.58 Financial activities .................................................. 16.49 17.25 17.23 17.30 585.40 607.20 606.50 624.53 Professional and business services .................... 17.01 17.15 17.17 17.48 580.04 579.67 582.06 599.56 Education and health services ............................. 15.46 15.78 15.79 15.80 502.45 512.85 511.60 519.82 Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 8.69 8.77 8.77 8.79 221.60 221.88 223.64 225.90 Other services ......................................................... 13.88 13.99 13.95 13.97 442.77 443.48 442.22 445.64 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted Percent change from: Oct. 2003Nov. 2003 Nov. 2002 July 2003 Aug. 2003 Sept. 2003 Oct. 2003p Nov. 2003p Total private: Current dollars .............................................. Constant (1982) dollars 2.............................. $15.14 8.27 $15.43 8.32 $15.45 8.30 $15.44 8.27 $15.45 8.29 $15.46 N.A. 0.1 ( 3) Goods-producing .......................................................... 16.52 16.81 16.86 16.89 16.88 16.90 .1 Natural resources and mining .............................................. 17.48 17.62 17.69 17.74 17.79 17.80 .1 Construction ............................................................................ 18.69 18.96 18.99 19.02 19.03 19.06 .2 Manufacturing ......................................................................... Excluding overtime 4.................................................... 15.48 14.70 15.73 14.96 15.79 15.02 15.83 15.05 15.80 15.01 15.83 15.02 .2 .1 Durable goods ..................................................................... 16.25 16.42 16.49 16.55 16.49 16.50 .1 Nondurable goods ............................................................... 14.29 14.66 14.70 14.71 14.73 14.77 .3 Private service-providing ............................................. 14.76 15.06 15.06 15.04 15.07 15.08 .1 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................................... 14.17 14.40 14.39 14.37 14.39 14.40 .1 Wholesale trade ................................................................... 17.14 17.36 17.40 17.40 17.42 17.39 -.2 Retail trade ........................................................................... 11.79 11.96 11.96 11.94 11.95 11.96 .1 Transportation and warehousing ...................................... 16.02 16.40 16.36 16.34 16.34 16.35 .1 Utilities ................................................................................... 24.02 24.73 24.95 24.93 25.17 25.20 .1 Information ............................................................................... 20.55 21.26 21.32 21.28 21.26 21.23 -.1 Financial activities .................................................................. 16.51 17.33 17.33 17.25 17.25 17.22 -.2 Professional and business services .................................... 17.04 17.23 17.24 17.24 17.30 17.36 .3 Education and health services ............................................. 15.45 15.72 15.76 15.76 15.80 15.81 .1 Leisure and hospitality ........................................................... 8.66 8.76 8.75 8.76 8.76 8.77 .1 Other services ......................................................................... 13.89 13.98 13.98 13.98 13.97 13.97 .0 Industry 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series. 3 Change was 0.2 percent from Sept. 2003 to Oct. 2003, the latest month available. 2 The 4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half. N.A. = not available. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail (2002=100) Not seasonally adjusted Industry Nov. 2002 Total private ....................................... 100.0 Sept. 2003 Oct. 2003p 99.5 Seasonally adjusted Percent Nov. change from: 2003p Oct. 2003Nov. 2003 Nov. 2003p Nov. 2002 July 2003 Aug. 2003 Sept. 2003 Oct. 2003p 99.8 100.3 99.6 98.3 98.7 98.7 99.1 99.3 0.2 Goods-producing .......................................... 99.2 99.0 98.4 97.7 98.3 95.6 96.0 96.1 96.1 96.2 .1 Natural resources and mining .............................. 96.3 98.3 99.2 98.3 95.8 95.4 96.2 95.5 96.4 96.2 -.2 Construction ............................................................ 99.9 106.0 104.9 101.0 98.3 98.9 99.9 99.6 99.6 99.3 -.3 Manufacturing ......................................................... 99.1 95.8 95.3 96.3 98.4 94.1 94.1 94.6 94.7 95.0 .3 Durable goods ..................................................... 98.6 Wood products .................................................. 98.1 Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 98.3 Primary metals .................................................. 98.7 Fabricated metal products .............................. 98.6 Machinery .......................................................... 98.1 Computer and electronic products ................ 99.6 Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 98.0 Transportation equipment ............................... 98.7 Furniture and related products ....................... 96.3 Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 100.3 95.4 100.4 98.3 92.7 95.0 94.4 93.8 91.6 97.2 94.6 93.3 95.1 100.6 97.5 91.4 95.6 93.9 93.5 92.2 96.7 93.5 93.3 96.1 101.3 97.1 92.8 96.6 95.7 94.9 92.8 97.3 95.6 95.6 98.0 98.8 97.2 98.1 97.8 98.3 98.8 97.2 98.4 96.6 99.1 93.8 98.3 93.6 91.8 94.3 93.6 94.6 91.9 93.4 93.0 94.4 93.8 97.5 94.9 91.7 94.2 94.3 95.4 91.6 92.8 93.2 93.2 94.5 97.8 94.1 91.7 94.5 95.0 93.9 91.3 95.5 93.8 93.2 94.6 99.5 94.9 91.6 95.0 94.7 93.5 91.7 95.1 93.9 93.1 95.1 100.8 95.4 92.3 95.4 95.4 93.4 91.2 95.6 95.0 94.1 .5 1.3 .5 .8 .4 .7 -.1 -.5 .5 1.2 1.1 Nondurable goods ............................................... 99.8 Food manufacturing ......................................... 102.3 Beverages and tobacco products .................. 93.9 Textile mills ........................................................ 96.8 Textile product mills ......................................... 97.4 Apparel ............................................................... 96.7 Leather and allied products ............................ 99.9 Paper and paper products .............................. 99.2 Printing and related support activities ........... 98.9 Petroleum and coal products .......................... 101.8 Chemicals .......................................................... 100.7 Plastics and rubber products .......................... 98.8 96.7 103.5 90.5 85.4 95.5 77.0 86.5 94.1 96.9 101.6 99.1 97.3 95.9 101.6 88.1 83.0 94.2 78.8 87.9 93.6 97.4 102.3 97.8 97.4 96.1 101.5 85.4 84.8 94.8 80.5 88.1 94.1 97.1 99.5 99.7 97.0 98.7 99.6 94.3 96.8 98.2 95.1 98.8 98.1 98.0 101.0 100.2 98.9 94.2 97.9 85.3 83.2 94.6 77.4 91.0 93.0 95.8 98.8 99.3 95.5 94.4 98.5 85.1 83.6 91.8 76.2 88.1 92.8 95.5 99.5 99.6 95.7 94.6 98.8 85.0 84.3 95.0 76.7 87.5 92.4 95.5 98.8 99.1 96.3 94.7 98.8 85.4 83.7 94.6 77.8 87.7 93.1 96.1 100.2 98.4 96.6 94.6 98.5 85.7 84.4 94.4 78.8 87.6 92.9 95.7 98.8 99.1 96.3 -.1 -.3 .4 .8 -.2 1.3 -.1 -.2 -.4 -1.4 .7 -.3 Private service-providing ............................. 100.3 99.5 99.9 101.3 100.0 99.2 99.5 99.6 99.7 100.0 .3 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 100.6 98.6 99.1 100.5 99.4 97.8 98.2 98.6 99.0 98.5 -.5 98.9 97.4 97.7 99.0 98.8 97.1 97.2 97.3 97.7 97.5 -.2 Retail trade ........................................................... 101.4 99.0 99.6 101.6 99.3 98.2 99.0 99.4 99.9 99.3 -.6 Transportation and warehousing ...................... 101.1 99.2 99.4 100.5 99.8 97.3 97.1 97.6 98.2 98.0 -.2 Utilities ................................................................... 100.5 98.7 99.7 100.3 100.3 98.5 98.8 98.0 99.6 99.6 .0 99.7 98.1 98.4 100.8 99.4 99.5 99.2 99.1 99.3 100.0 .7 Financial activities .................................................. 100.1 100.4 100.2 102.5 100.6 101.4 101.4 101.2 101.0 101.1 .1 Professional and business services .................... 100.0 99.2 100.1 100.5 99.6 98.6 98.3 98.8 98.9 99.1 .2 Education and health services ............................. 102.4 101.4 103.0 105.0 101.1 101.7 102.5 102.0 102.3 103.0 .7 Wholesale trade ................................................... Information ............................................................... Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 96.9 99.7 98.4 97.8 100.7 98.1 98.6 99.3 99.5 100.4 .9 Other services ......................................................... 99.1 97.4 97.4 98.2 99.7 97.9 97.8 97.8 97.7 98.1 .4 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. preliminary. NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours by the p= corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and production or nonsupervisory worker employment. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-6. Indexes of aggregrate weekly payrolls of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail (2002=100) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Nov. 2002 Sept. 2003 Oct. 2003p Nov. 2003p Nov. 2002 July 2003 Aug. 2003 Sept. 2003 Oct. 2003p Percent Nov. change from: 2003p Oct. 2003Nov. 2003 Total private ....................................... 101.4 103.0 103.2 104.1 100.8 101.5 102.0 102.0 102.4 102.7 0.3 Goods-producing .......................................... 100.5 103.1 102.0 101.2 99.5 98.4 99.1 99.4 99.3 99.5 .2 Industry Natural resources and mining .............................. 97.6 101.5 102.5 101.5 97.3 97.6 98.8 98.4 99.6 99.5 -.1 Construction ............................................................ 100.9 109.8 108.3 104.1 99.2 101.2 102.4 102.3 102.3 102.2 -.1 Manufacturing ......................................................... 100.5 99.5 98.4 99.8 99.6 96.8 97.2 97.9 97.8 98.3 .5 Durable goods ..................................................... 100.3 98.9 98.0 99.2 99.5 96.2 96.5 97.6 97.4 97.9 .5 Nondurable goods ............................................... 100.9 100.7 99.5 100.3 99.7 97.5 98.0 98.4 98.5 98.7 .2 Private service-providing ............................. 101.8 102.8 103.2 105.2 101.4 102.5 102.9 102.9 103.2 103.6 .4 101.4 101.5 101.7 103.2 100.5 100.5 100.8 101.1 101.6 101.2 -.4 Wholesale trade ................................................... 100.0 99.7 100.1 101.8 99.8 99.4 99.7 99.8 100.3 99.9 -.4 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... Retail trade ........................................................... 102.0 101.8 101.7 103.7 100.3 100.6 101.5 101.7 102.3 101.8 -.5 Transportation and warehousing ...................... 102.8 102.8 103.0 104.4 101.4 101.1 100.7 101.1 101.7 101.5 -.2 Utilities ................................................................... 101.3 103.5 104.9 105.7 100.7 101.8 102.9 102.1 104.8 104.8 .0 Information ............................................................... 101.8 104.0 103.8 106.2 100.9 104.6 104.5 104.3 104.3 104.9 .6 Financial activities .................................................. 102.1 107.1 106.7 109.7 102.7 108.7 108.7 108.0 107.7 107.7 .0 Professional and business services .................... 101.1 101.2 102.2 104.5 101.0 101.0 100.8 101.3 101.8 102.3 .5 Education and health services ............................. 104.1 105.2 106.9 109.0 102.7 105.1 106.2 105.7 106.2 107.1 .8 Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 98.2 102.0 100.7 100.3 101.8 100.3 100.6 101.5 101.7 102.7 1.0 Other services ......................................................... 100.3 99.2 99.0 99.9 100.9 99.7 99.7 99.6 99.4 99.8 .4 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. preliminary. NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate payrolls by the p= corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate payroll estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly earnings, average weekly hours, and production or nonsupervisory worker employment. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-7. 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, 278 industries 1 Over 1-month span: 1999 ........................................................ 2000 ........................................................ 2001 ........................................................ 2002 ........................................................ 2003 ........................................................ 56.3 65.5 52.3 40.5 44.2 64.7 60.3 49.6 37.4 36.7 56.7 65.5 48.6 37.6 44.1 65.8 58.8 36.5 41.0 46.9 64.2 47.7 41.4 41.7 43.3 61.9 61.7 38.1 43.7 37.2 63.3 65.5 35.6 39.0 43.2 59.9 52.9 38.5 41.7 40.8 57.6 52.3 39.0 43.3 50.0 64.4 54.1 35.6 43.9 p 53.6 69.1 57.7 37.8 42.4 p 54.7 64.4 53.2 36.0 37.2 Over 3-month span: 1999 ........................................................ 2000 ........................................................ 2001 ........................................................ 2002 ........................................................ 2003 ........................................................ 61.5 70.1 54.9 34.4 36.0 64.9 66.0 50.7 38.3 35.6 61.0 68.3 50.5 36.5 36.0 65.8 68.3 43.5 35.4 41.2 66.4 58.5 37.2 36.7 43.0 69.1 56.3 36.0 38.8 40.6 66.9 58.1 36.2 39.7 37.6 64.4 62.2 35.8 41.4 34.5 62.2 55.9 34.5 38.1 43.5 62.9 53.1 32.2 39.0 p 49.3 66.7 54.0 31.7 37.8 p 53.8 69.6 58.3 30.9 34.9 Over 6-month span: 1999 ........................................................ 2000 ........................................................ 2001 ........................................................ 2002 ........................................................ 2003 ........................................................ 66.9 67.6 53.2 30.6 37.4 64.9 68.7 51.4 29.9 36.5 63.7 71.4 50.7 31.1 35.1 64.0 71.9 47.1 31.3 34.7 65.6 68.5 42.8 33.3 37.4 65.8 66.2 38.8 35.8 36.5 66.7 67.3 37.6 36.9 38.7 66.2 60.4 34.5 37.4 35.1 69.4 58.3 31.1 37.8 40.8 68.7 55.0 32.9 39.9 p 40.6 66.4 61.0 31.3 38.3 p 46.6 66.5 55.2 31.7 35.8 Over 12-month span: 1999 ........................................................ 2000 ........................................................ 2001 ........................................................ 2002 ........................................................ 2003 ........................................................ 70.5 70.9 59.5 33.6 33.8 68.7 69.2 59.5 31.7 33.3 68.2 73.2 53.4 30.2 34.5 68.0 71.0 49.3 30.2 35.4 68.3 69.8 48.6 30.4 36.5 68.3 71.0 45.0 30.6 35.4 68.0 70.0 43.3 30.8 35.8 68.0 70.3 43.9 31.8 33.6 67.8 70.3 39.9 31.5 38.1 69.1 65.6 37.8 30.0 p 36.9 68.3 63.8 37.1 33.5 p 36.5 69.1 62.1 34.9 33.3 Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries 1 Over 1-month span: 1999 ........................................................ 2000 ........................................................ 2001 ........................................................ 2002 ........................................................ 2003 ........................................................ 42.3 50.6 24.4 19.0 36.3 38.7 53.6 22.0 22.6 19.0 33.3 54.8 24.4 20.8 27.4 39.3 42.9 14.3 33.9 20.2 52.4 39.9 14.3 30.4 30.4 34.5 53.6 19.6 32.1 25.6 50.0 62.5 14.3 34.5 31.5 40.5 28.6 13.7 25.0 25.6 41.7 24.4 17.9 31.0 33.3 50.6 35.1 16.7 19.6 p 40.5 56.0 41.1 16.7 21.4 p 42.3 51.8 38.7 9.5 25.0 Over 3-month span: 1999 ........................................................ 2000 ........................................................ 2001 ........................................................ 2002 ........................................................ 2003 ........................................................ 33.9 54.2 34.5 11.9 14.9 40.5 54.8 24.4 11.9 15.5 37.5 58.3 17.9 16.7 19.6 35.7 51.8 14.3 20.2 16.7 41.7 41.7 11.9 21.4 17.9 43.5 41.1 14.3 20.2 14.3 42.3 54.8 10.7 28.6 20.2 38.1 48.2 7.7 25.6 18.5 41.1 29.2 8.3 25.6 24.4 44.6 25.6 9.5 17.9 p 26.8 49.4 25.0 8.9 14.9 p 33.3 56.5 42.3 8.3 10.7 Over 6-month span: 1999 ........................................................ 2000 ........................................................ 2001 ........................................................ 2002 ........................................................ 2003 ........................................................ 37.5 47.0 23.8 7.7 13.7 32.7 51.2 24.4 8.9 14.3 30.4 56.5 20.8 7.7 12.5 33.3 57.1 17.9 8.9 11.9 36.9 49.4 14.9 12.5 12.5 38.1 47.6 11.9 16.7 15.5 38.1 56.0 13.7 19.6 13.1 34.5 44.0 9.5 19.6 13.7 40.5 36.9 8.3 23.8 16.1 46.4 35.1 6.5 17.9 p 19.0 41.1 34.5 6.5 16.7 p 24.4 48.2 31.0 6.0 13.7 Over 12-month span: 1999 ........................................................ 2000 ........................................................ 2001 ........................................................ 2002 ........................................................ 2003 ........................................................ 35.7 41.7 29.8 7.1 13.7 32.1 39.3 32.1 6.0 15.5 29.8 47.0 20.8 6.0 16.7 32.1 50.0 19.0 7.1 13.1 32.7 46.4 13.1 7.7 15.5 32.1 52.4 12.5 5.4 16.1 34.5 51.8 10.7 6.0 13.1 32.1 49.4 11.9 8.9 14.3 33.3 46.4 11.9 7.7 12.5 39.3 40.5 10.1 9.5 p 13.1 41.1 35.1 8.3 13.1 p 11.9 42.9 33.3 6.0 13.1 1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. p = preliminary. NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing employment.
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